2/25/2020 Walk

I went out early in the morning, around 6:30, to see what would be stirring around in the early dawn in Newton, Massachusetts. I ventured into a nature trail outside of my dorm building and focused on getting totally surrounded by the woods and then stopping to be able to listen to what was going on around me. The dense foliage on the ground was a double edged sword as it let me hear creatures scurrying through them, such as chipmunks chasing one another, but it also gave away my location to anything within a quarter mile radius thanks to my heavy boots. The unseasonably warm weather for February has allowed lots of moss and lichen to grow back, yet I am sure they are still waiting for the moisture to increase before they really start to come out more. The bareness of the trees means that the birds stay higher up, to the point where you can hear them but can't quite get a picture. One I took had a woodpecker that I observed pecking into a tree but could not get a clear picture of, so I listed it as such and hopefully the outline is just visible. It's interesting, the amazing diversity in colors that you find once your eyes adjust to the woods, the lichen and moss take on quite a rainbow of whites, greens, browns, and oranges that were easier to spot as time went on.

Publicado el 25 de febrero de 2020 por gmaster1124