While travelling across New York Harbor herring gulls and great black-backed gulls were seen. Three cormorants were observed sitting on wooden pylons near the dock. Once in Central Park, I saw numerous pin oak trees, a few white oak, chestnut oak and many cherry trees displaying their white-pink blossoms. Sensitive fern, arrow wood, common milkweed, winged sumac, garlic mustard, and honeysuckle were all observed.
Common bird species such as the pigeon, European starling and house sparrows were seen most often. I also observed red-tailed hawks, downy woodpecker, the cedar waxwing and the eastern bluebird. There are more than 200 species of bird in the park, and I wish I could have seen more. Grey squirrels were abundant, as you would expect in a city park.
The Felix M. Warburg Hall of New York State Environment includes mountains, natural lakes, forests and different types of rock and land formations. The exhibit features the change in the landscape over millions of years and how it affected its seasonal and natural cycles, and its plant and animal life. Forest and wetland ecosystems were showcased. An exhibit about animals living below ground and at a woodland …show more content…
Coastal river deltas, lagoons and bays all make up an estuary. The lower portion of the Hudson River extends from just south of Newburgh, New York to the southern tip of Manhattan. It is an estuary, where salty seawater mixes with fresh water. Some organisms, like the zebra mussel, can't survive in salty or brackish water. They live only in the upper, freshwater portion of the river. One display asked the question: Why protect estuaries? The answer is that they provide half of the worlds commercial fish harvest. Estuaries support the life cycle of different species such as striped bass, which hatch in fresh water and live in the ocean as adults. A continental shelf is the edge of a continent that lies under the
Common bird species such as the pigeon, European starling and house sparrows were seen most often. I also observed red-tailed hawks, downy woodpecker, the cedar waxwing and the eastern bluebird. There are more than 200 species of bird in the park, and I wish I could have seen more. Grey squirrels were abundant, as you would expect in a city park.
The Felix M. Warburg Hall of New York State Environment includes mountains, natural lakes, forests and different types of rock and land formations. The exhibit features the change in the landscape over millions of years and how it affected its seasonal and natural cycles, and its plant and animal life. Forest and wetland ecosystems were showcased. An exhibit about animals living below ground and at a woodland …show more content…
Coastal river deltas, lagoons and bays all make up an estuary. The lower portion of the Hudson River extends from just south of Newburgh, New York to the southern tip of Manhattan. It is an estuary, where salty seawater mixes with fresh water. Some organisms, like the zebra mussel, can't survive in salty or brackish water. They live only in the upper, freshwater portion of the river. One display asked the question: Why protect estuaries? The answer is that they provide half of the worlds commercial fish harvest. Estuaries support the life cycle of different species such as striped bass, which hatch in fresh water and live in the ocean as adults. A continental shelf is the edge of a continent that lies under the