Date: 2/2/2019 Time: 11:00AM Location: Arcata Marsh
This is the first day we have been out in the field for our class, Sci 100. It is roughly 11:00 AM as we arrive at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary, it is slightly windy, but around 58 degrees. It is mostly cloudy and the tide is relatively high. We start off our day with looking at Willow trees and learning what to look for: breaking leaf buds, pollen release, fruit, leaf foliage etc… Kelly showed us what to look for and how to identify certain things, such as the difference between male or female.
After this we went on to looking for plants/animals for our INaturalist accounts. On of the first things I found was a mushroom, I am not sure what kind it is but it is mostly white with a yellowish tint in the center on the top side of the cap. It was growing along side a log that was next to the gravel trail. On the same log there was a patch of moss growing so I also took a picture of that. It was about the size of an orange not very big, but was a decent size. Walking down the path a little ways I found some yellow Lichens growing on the side of an old post. I also found another mushroom that was similar to the one I had found earlier.
We finished up looking for plants to take pictures of and walked over to Jacoby Creek Marsh to look for avocets. Since it was high tide we were unable to see any of the birds as they are most commonly at the marsh at low tide. Due to the high tide the data we recorded was all zeros due to the bird not being there. We did see a few different types of ducks and other shoreline birds sitting in the water. After staying around the Jacoby Creek Marsh for a while we got back on the buses to get our groups willow tree.
After about a five minute drive we reached our trees, we were the second group to get a tree. It was a very small tree that seemed to be underdeveloped, it was in the middle of a creek thus boots are needed to take pictures and get a close look of the leaf buds and flowering buds. We took pictures of the canopy, two different branches, and a picture of the full tree. We marked the two branches with pink tags and also tagged where we took the canopy picture. We then used the Willow sheet to record the necessary data. After everyone got there trees and recorded the data we got back on to the bus and went back to the school, and ended our trip to the Arcata Marsh.
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