First Outing with NH Lab

First time out with my Natural History class and we lucked out. Despite it being January in Wisconsin it was 58 degrees out. We checked out the on campus stream and wandered around the outside of the parking structure and the sports fields. After a quick break inside we stepped off campus and crossed Morgan to checkout some other water and wildlife in the cemetery then meandered a bit into the subdivision there. We were back before the end of class time. It felt like a practice run; going over what kind of observations we might make, taking notes in my new-just-for-this-lab journal, and using my phone to take picture (I miss my camera but like not having to carry one more thing). It was warm but wet and muddy and on the side of the parking structure, where you were on an incline, just a tad treacherous. The most dramatic thing we saw was in the cemetery where the water flow had cut through the earth. Most plant life was dormant. We did see one rabbit take off running at the beginning of our walk. I expect there will be more to see as springtime comes but as far as first run goes I thought it went well.