juliafratamico's Journal

On November 22, 2022, I walked around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir by myself. The weather was cold and my hands were numb by the end of the 35-minute walk. The landscape was very different from when I walked the reservoir at the beginning of the semester. It was very hard for me to find animals, especially insects. I tried to look in the dirt near the plants and at the bottom of the trees. I anticipated that I would be able to get a bunch of pictures of them; however, that was not the case. Throughout my walk, I saw many birds, a few worms, and squirrels. I was unable to capture a picture of the birds; however, I saw many of them flying in flocks, which relates back to the material we learned in class. In the last unit, we talked about birds migrating together in groups, and moving down south for warm temperatures. In class, we also learned about insects that belong to the group Arthropoda, which are protosomes. Insects have jointed appendages, they are segmented, and have an exoskeleton. They are extremely diverse and have different metamorphoses. Overall, I enjoyed my last nature walk. I found it very interesting to see a variety of animals and insects throughout my walk.