Nature Walk at Houghton Garden with some Friends
Today I went on a nature walk at Houghton Garden with two TA's and 2 other sophomore Eco Evo students. I have never really taken a walk through that part of the neighborhood that our college campus is next to. The houses looked really expensive and it made me think about how rich this area is. Houghton Garden is not that far from campus, it is probably only about an 8 minute walk from upper along Hammond Street and then a right turn down another street. The weather today was really nice, partly cloudy skies and it was not too cold. Very reminiscent of an early fall weather. The garden itself was really pretty and it is a nice place to just trek through and take in the natural world around us. I think I might find myself here sometimes so I am glad that I was introduced to this place. In the garden, there was a variety of plant life and I took a lot of pictures of flowers and trees. There is also a train line right next to the garden that we passed as we observed the biodiversity around us. There were also lots of lichen on rocks and moss as well. The first picture I took was actually a tree that seemed to have berry like things growing from it. This walk made me think about the lesson of biodiversity in class and how so many species have evolved to best fit the environment that they are in. I also noticed patches of areas where there is one species but not another species which made me wonder if these species adapted to different niches in their environment. I also saw a chipmunk but it was hiding and I could not get a picture of it. There were also lots of grey squirrels that I saw and it reminds me of the squirrels back in NYC because they looked alike and I believe they are of the same species. It also made me wonder if the geographic distance between here and NYC have caused their genetic diversity to be a little different. While I love being a city kid and I love the city a lot, it is also nice to appreciate nature and be surrounded by it once in a while. Back in NYC, I loved to go on walks by the river and in parks because it brought me closer to nature and I think the design of urban coexistence with nature is really beautiful. It was nice to go on a little walk again. Overall, it was a really fun meandering walk and I really appreciated the fact that I went on this walk and met some new people.
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