After a week of HARD work (luckily I aced my bio exam!), it stopped raining and the weather is now PERFECT! So, what does a girl do on a Friday afternoon (before all the fun stuff starts)?
Clean up her room! Well, sort of.
And go exploring in the Plantations, of course! The path chosen today starts behind the observatory and goes into the woods.
This path goes all the way around Beebe Lake, which is the lake the pours water into the central gorge on campus.
This today's trail. Lots of cattails and milkweeds.
Some students enjoy the plantations and gorges in another way. An illegal way. The police came by while we walked upon the kids jumping off the bridge, but they just told them to be safe.....
Why jump off a bridge when you can see BIRDS!!!! Here's a female goldfinch.
Hairy woodpecker! *knock knock knock knock*
Wow, this tree is shaggy.
THIS is why we don't want people jumping off the bridge! Gorges!
My birding partner for the day, Jacob the entymology major, decided to flip over a log to collect bugs for his project. And look, a salamander!!! Red backed salamander, people.
I named him Arnold.
Coming attractions for this weekend: Ithaca Farmer's Market with my alumni mentor!
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