Hammond Pond Walk, October 11, 2020

Today I took another walk around the Hammond Pond about a 15 minute walk from campus. The weather was a cool 60 degrees Fahrenheit and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. I began my walk and very quickly found several different kinds of plats including mosses, flowering angiosperms, ferns, and even a couple gymnosperms. While the theme of this week's nature walks was plants, easily the most exciting part of today was finding a fully grown hawk sitting right in front of me as I crossed a small wooden bridge. Upon being startled, the hawk flew up to a tree and I was able to take a few pictures. After a few seconds it flew to the ground and, after moving around a bit, returned back to its perch. When I looked at its beak I saw that in that short period of time it had caught a small mouse and was eating it right in front of me. While slightly gruesome, this was an incredible experience I will never forget.

Posted on October 11, 2020 06:51 PM by thomasmg