ERS 346 Outing #2
19/10/30
0930-1030
60 minutes
Becthel Park
Cloudy and Windy, 7C
Boreal Forest/Wetland
Becthel Park is a popular park in Waterloo due to its proximity as well as there is an adjacent dog park to it. Most of the trees were leaf-less and the forest floor was blanketed in bright yellow leaves. Based on the leaves some maple was present, and specifically sugar maple (my best IDing species), pines, I think some of the other tree species were beech and iron wood. Although not 100%, sure I also think there was some white birch (I googled some pictures to compare, but just used the bark as reference). Maybe it was due to the weather since it was pretty cold and windy, but the only animals I saw were two black squirrels and a brown one, as well as a few chipmunks running fast across the forest floor. As well, we passed by a lady walking her two labs (they were really cute). There were some warnings throughout the park as there is a few giant hogweeds, so we made sure to stay clear of them. Not too far into the trail you can see the creek (Laurel Creek) that feeds into the wetland, we went down into the a very small area in front of the stream and saw some very small fish. The water was flowing pretty quick. The park signs advice against going into the wetland so I compromised and just took a peek, it was your typical wetland, but I saw no animals and just a lot of what I think were remains of goldenrod. On our way back it started to drizzle a little bit. Since we stayed on the path (for most of the time) we did not see a lot of animals, I am sure there was probably more within the more concentrated forest area or hiding under the leaf cover.
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