Green is finally coming back!
For this assignment, I biked along the path near past the golf course down Spear Street. I went until I found a small bridge, and decided to explore underneath it. It was the nicest day of the week so was great to explore a new area in Burlington.
Under the bridge, there was a small stream that was surrounded primarily Eastern White Pine, Hemlock, and a few Yellow Birch. There were many ferns close to the water as well.
Using iNaturalist for this assignment was great because I did not know many of the species I was seeing, so I could upload them for others to accurately identify! I was surprised by the variety of mammals and birds my peers saw at their locations. I did not even see a squirrel here, but the lack of wildlife may be due to the fact that this was close to a noisy road, in between a neighborhood, and gets a lot of human traffic.
There were many water striders but not many insects other than that. I saw what I thought were fiddleheads and then realized they were too furry so must just be a type of fern. There was also a lot of fungi around which makes sense considering the surrounding moist area.
Bonus!
The best part about going to this location was that the UVM dairy barn was on the way! My friend and I stopped to give the cows some love and I got bathed by one of them.
