Nature Walk: September 10-17; Chestnut Hill Reservoir

For this first nature walk I decided to stay close to the university, so I took a nice stroll around the reservoir. The first thing I noticed when I got there was how popular it was, so I immediately grew concerned that there wouldn't be many animals out. Luckily, there were several geese, swans, and ducks that were just swimming around in the water, so I was able to get a few pictures of each of those. After walking further around the reservoir for about another half hour, I realized that I probably wasn't going to get a picture of a squirrel or a chipmunk like I wanted, so I decided to snap a picture of what I believe is a fireweed instead. After that, I found a little trail that leads into the wooded area north of the reservoir. I figured that since there were lots of trees, I could easily find the little vertebrates that I was looking for. I had no luck, but I noticed that there was a rather large ant crawling on a piece of bark down by my feet. I got a shot of it, and headed back to the school. the weather was overcast and windy, and it was a little cold, around the mid 60s (I'm from San Diego, so please go easy on me with what I consider to be "cold". I know that I'll be in for quite the shock in just a few months).

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