April 15, 2019

Today we returned to the Vernal Pond.

More like Vernal Puddle...
The water level decreased, and it looks like finding the biodiversity is at great risk here.

I don't mean to say we didn't find anything - we still found Pussywillow and plants galore.

The 15 minutes of silence (enforced by Jacob) was nice... I heard some birds I couldn't recognize, and of course, the Peepers were beginning to come out. I felt a cool breeze, and I could hear the whispering of the wind.

I feel like part of the reason I can't identify anything just by looking at it is that I'm not from here... I grew up on a tropical island, and if you set the sounds of coquis next to my ear or the screech of a parrot, I will instantly recognize it.

This nature might be beautiful, but it's not MY nature.

We collected more sample of a few arachnids/insects, got muddy, forded a stream...

I had fun though.

Posted on April 29, 2019 07:51 PM by grieckehoffs