First Nature Walk

Today I went on my first nature walk. I decided to walk around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir this afternoon. It was sunny and warm despite the rain and wind that came through Boston this morning. My first initial observations were fairly obvious to me, like the geese, swans, and ducks in the water, but as time went on, I began to notice more. I noticed the Small Copper, or Lycaena phlaes, only when I was about to stop and take an observation of the flowers it was sitting on. This ties into this weeks theme of Archaea, Bacteria, and viruses because these microbial organisms are not noticed, and sometimes go without recognition, just because they are not obvious to us, the observer, but they play an integral role in biology and in the world around us. Even though I could not see the bacteria, archaea, and viruses today on my nature walk, knowing they are there around us on the plants and animals we can see, and literally on and in us, gives a different perspective about their role in our day to day lives.

Posted on September 30, 2020 11:54 PM by sarahkc