Ending of Hydrology was a relief that the test went well for myself, so i figure a relaxing weekend was the trick.  This weekend I was able to try out something I’ve never experienced before, Bird-watching.  I had a great time and was able to identify and learned of new Nantucket birds that are year rounders on the island.  The Umass field station trail was the perfect path to catch different birds in there habitat, water, land and air.  The pictures above are a little off the trail but myself and Jeremy Raynor wandered off trail a little bit making the adventure even more fun.  Can’t wait to do more of it, because all I see in the city is pigeons and seagulls.  Our trek back to the station, we were greeted by portobello mushroom burgers and beverages from all our hard work.  Thoroughly enjoyed this weekend, and while we were on our adventure we were able to see input and output flow of a stream flow. (shout out to Hydro, Ellen Douglas).

Thursday the group went on a field trip to Squam Swamp and it was beautiful to walk around a forest in the winter.   The abundant amount of Tupelo surrounded us, so it felt like a dimension distorting funhouse.   The Black Beach in the picture above stuck out among all the other forestry, the trunk low to the ground with long windy tree branches distinguished itself from all other trees.  The vernal pools we passed were calm while life hibernates under the water, as well as the stream clear of ferns that usually blockade any access to it.  Even in the winter the life of the forest was calm and unseen, but still stirring.