ERS 346 #4

19/11/22 – 1500-1600
Duration: 60 minutes
Location: Devil’s Creek
Weather: 6* Celsius, Overcast, cool breeze

Went for a walk along Devil’s Creek trail in Cambridge. We accessed the trail on Blair Rd and only walked the first section of the trail. My first observation was a dead caterpillar that appeared to be squished on the path. Initially we passed through a stand of some mature trees like maple, and ash. Down a slight hill I noted what may have been a borough to an animal, however looked packed with leaf litter from the season. Next, the trail leads through an area of dense and tall thickets dominated by Phragmites and Canada Goldenrod. Later on there was red osier dogwood and a cedar stand before arriving at a small creek with a boardwalk. We stopped here for a few minutes and I observed some chickadees in the red osier dogwood. While we stayed I also spotted squirrels and was able to hear the call of Canada Geese not too far away. At the end of the trail there is a school yard and more suburban trails that connect to sidewalk, here I spotted a rabbit in the planted grass.
Throughout this outing we encountered many other people on the trail in groups and with pets. I also noticed lots of scat on the trail but from pet dogs as opposed to wildlife. On the walk back I observed a large murder of crows flying overhead and heard more Canada Geese.

Publicado el 07 de diciembre de 2019 a las 02:11 AM por