Insects/ Animals Nature Walk

On this nature walk, I decided to go by myself to the Houghton Garden/ Webster Woods area to see if I can observe some animals in their natural habitat. This was actually really hard to do and I was not able to capture as much pictures of insects and animals that I wanted to. At first, I thought going to Houghton Garden was enough but I had to go to Webster Woods as well and also to the Reservoir where I had a hunch that I would be able to observe some geese and I was right! The weather today was partly cloudy and it was a bit chilly but not too chilly that it was uncomfortable being outside. I think a combination of the cold weather and proximity to human beings caused there to be less animals out in the open. I heard lots of bird calls but I was not able to spot any birds. I've noticed from the insects I observed that they are kind of dull in color and also that they are small and fast so when trying to observe them, I have to focus on little flashes of color in my vision and hope that they land on a twig or a leaf. Out of the 3 insects I observed, two of them were observed individually while one was observed in a group of the same species. I wonder if the one that was observed in a group has evolved a form of communication so they know where to fly to find food or whatever they were doing hovering over the water. It reminds me of in class, we learned that animals have different modes of communication such as auditory forms or visual forms. I wonder if the insects here are using a combination of visual and olfactory modes of communication. Outside of insects, I was able to capture pictures of birds, namely geese and swans. I wonder if the geese are still migrating currently since it is fall and what type of method they use to migrate such as visual landmarks or a sun compass. I also saw a plant that was super cool and I added it because I wanted to know what it was. It seems to have an interesting seed/ seed-spreading technique where it looks like white fur. I also added in another picture of plants with holes in the leaf as a sort of evidence that an animal was there and made that mark on the plant. When organisms move, it is harder to capture a picture of them because sometimes they are moving too fast and other times, if they are still, getting too close may set them in motion again. This was another great walk and I enjoyed it a lot.

Publicado el noviembre 29, 2022 04:16 MAÑANA por ktang10