Diario de wardta

These are all of the species that I found while walking around campus. I found an article on the species of Japanese Maples and conducted an annotated bibliography.

For the last trip, we took out the big DNR boat and cast the trowling net. It was a fantastic day for a boat ride. It was sunny, and the water was not too choppy. I got a lot of pictures of the species that we caught. We saw some Colorful Sea Whip, Spot Croakers, Atlantic Blue Crabs, Stripped Burrfish, a bunch of White Shrimp, some Ocellated Flounders, Searobins, Northern Puffers, Atlantic Horseshoe crabs (one female and one male), Hogchokers, Ray-finned Fishes, Portly Spider crab, Atlantic Silversides and an octopus. We also attracted some laughing gulls while trowling. I enjoyed learning about how the boat trowling worked and going through what we caught and learning about the different species. I would love to do this again in the future!

On April 4th we got to go out at the Grice Marine Lab. The weather was beautiful, it was sunny and not too hot there was also some wind when we got out to the island area. When we got to Grice, we put on our waders and stepped over some rocks and wadded out to the island that was exposed. When we got to the island, we took the net we had and trawled with it. It was fascinating to learn how to drag the net across the floor to catch the species in the water. We did not find anything exciting, and what we did catch I did not do the best at capturing a picture of it and identifying it on iNaturalist. The few things that I did the capture and was able to locate were the eastern mud snail, the cannonball jelly, and the Atlantic silverside. While we were out there, we also went along the shoreline and searched for sharks teeth. I found a lot of the shark's teeth but unfortunately did not take a picture of them to upload onto iNaturalist.

We went out to Dixie Plantation for the second time on March 14. The weather was great; it was a clear sky with a lot of sunshine. We went to a few of the same spots as the first time, but we did not take the long hike. Instead, we spent a little time at the first traps and made our way to the more swampy area. In the more swampy area, we wadded in the water, and the gnats were going crazy around us. After we spent our time in the swamp, we got into the vans and went to the other side of the road. While at Dixie we saw some of the same species as the last time but we also saw some new ones, probably due to the seasonal change. Some of these species were types of plants including Winged Elm, Black Willow, and Sweetleaf. I thought that it was interesting when a few people in the group tried eating the Sweetleaf. Some of the animals that we saw included green tree frogs, northern hemisphere crayfishes, amphibians. Also with the animals, we saw some fish including mummichog, ray-finned fish, eastern mosquitofish, mosquito fish, and bluegill. Overall we had an exciting day out at Dixie Plantation.

The group went to Sullivans Island on Thursday, January 17, 2019. The weather was extremely friendly, the sky pretty clear with some clouds. There was some wind, but it was still warm. The plants we saw were found on the walk to the beach and up in the dunes. Specifically, we saw bluestems, great mullein, camphorweed, beach evening-primrose, Spanish dagger, prickly pears, sea oats, southern Russian thistle, pines, and black-jacks. We also saw a dead Atlantic horseshoe crab and artist's bracket and allies which is a type of fungus. I thought it was fascinating how many different plants can grow on the side of the beach. Also, I thought it was interesting the decaying animals on the beach. I did not get a picture of them, but there were a bird and a raccoon decaying on the beach and what was so interesting about them was that they were on the sand of the beach. You usually don't see those animals there.

We took a field trip to Dixie Plantation on Thursday, February 7. The weather was extremely friendly, it was sunny, and the temperature was in the seventies. We saw a green tree frog, southern cricket frog, crustaceans, pygmy sunfishes, parrot's feather, and canes. I enjoyed searching for all the traps set out and finding all the critters. I also enjoyed it when we saw the decaying deer where it was just his bones and skull. I thought it was fascinating how long it had sat out there and no one found it. I, unfortunately, did not take a picture of it though.

On our nature walk on Thursday, February 28. The weather was nice, the temperature was around seventy degrees Fahrenheit, and it was sunny with some overcast. On this field trip, we walked around the campus then made our way over toward Alberta Sottile Lake. While we were on campus we saw; umbrella papyrus, resurrection fern, needle palm, vascular plants, saucer magnolia, tsutsusi azalea. The resurrection fern that I took a picture of was very green because the sprinklers had hit the plant earlier I the day. The saucer magnolia was a light pink, and the tsutsusi azalea was a bright pinkish red. Then we went off the campus and on Pitt Street we saw some yellow jessamine, which was a golden yellow. We then made our way to onto Bull street, and there we saw Carolina laurelcherry, star magnolia, and a red maple tree. Then we reached Halsey Boulevard and saw a green anole, shortly after entering the Alberta Sottile Lake.