Pine Tree Preserve and Chestnut Hill Reservoir September 28, 2020
I took a nature walk this evening around 5:30 pm through the Pine Tree Preserve on Boston College's campus and around the Chestnut Hill Reservoir. It was a partly sunny, warm fall day, about 70 degrees F. The leaves are just starting to change colors here in Boston. I saw many plants, but not too many animals. I took particular note of various lichens and mosses on rocks and large trees. Another interesting find was evidence of Dendroctonus, a genus of bark eating beetles that are very destructive to conifers in North America.
