Hammond Pond Reservation Nature Walk

I spent some time around the Hammond Pond Reservation on Oct 7, 2020. There was slight overcast (as per usual in the New England region, it seems like) and quite strong wind. It was not too hard to spot fungi there, as I managed to find plenty of dead logs off the conventional path. There were a lot of morphologically distinct lichens on the surface of stones and tree barks as well. Interestingly, the observed (by me) diversity of fungi around this area is way more than that of my destination last week - Arnold Arboretum. I would think the reason being that this reservation has its habitants largely left unattended.
Some Canada Geese and Mute Swans were spotted in the pond, as well as a horde of what resembled ducks. I did not manage to snap a picture of the latter two, as they were on the other side of the water body.
This area is moderate (or I would say a bit small) in size and is within walking distance from BC campus. It has a variety of systems to offer for observation - a pond, at least two significantly different forest compositions, a river stream, etc.

Posted on October 8, 2020 12:24 AM by jerrythemaus