almanzacamille's Journal

My hike was just along my common route to and from class. Among my "backyard" I came across a common earthworm, which falls under the category of animals since it is not an insect. I also saw a garden snail by our kale, it falls under the mollusk taxa. I also found a strange creature laying underneath a black film (for preventing weeds to grow), I thought it might have been some type of worm, and I proceeded to touch it with a stick to see how it would react first. Then I touched it with my hands and it was scaly. I thought it was a snake because I didn't really see it's legs, but later on when I looked at the picture it ended up being a salamander, which falls under the reptile taxa.
Then I went to Campus and took a picture of UC Berkeley's famous squirrels, which is a mammal under the tree of life. After class I went to a residential area and found what I'm pretty sure was a wild turkey (falls under the bird taxa), I didn't see an owner nearby and when I searched up if it's common to see wild turkeys in Berkeley, I found funny Berkeley articles on the news' site Berkeleyside saying it is.

Most of my findings come walking along the Strawberry Creek. I found the Common Dandelion among lawn. The Dandelion falls under Flowers Phenology, it is flowering because you can see the small yellow flower is blooming or showing in the picture.

The Geranium plant was found growing within rocks above the Strawberry Creek. The Geranium falls under Flowers Phenology, it is bare because geraniums have flowers that tend to bloom in either Summer or Fall, not in Spring.

I went further uphill in Tilden and by botanical gardens to hopefully find true naturalized trees. I am still unsure if the pine tree is 100% naturalized or if it was planted. The pine tree falls under Leaf Phenology, it is leafed out because there are small pine cones growing from it and it has green pine needles still on the tree as well.

For Aspen's Leaf Phenology, it is dormant because it is still winter for it and there are no leaves growing from it. Aspen blooms in March/April.