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Urban Snorkeling
Sep. 19th, 2006 02:17 pmWell, as planned (but delayed), I went snorkeling in Ward's pond, in Boston. It was fun, a little scary, and I was very impressed with the reporter who accompanied me. She's a much better swimmer than I (who isn't?) and had no misgivings about simply slipping into the water and following me around. She eventually got bored of me and swam in different places taking pictures. We saw sunfish, which I expected, trout, which I didn't, and got a couple glances at sticklebacks (I think). No turtles, unfortunately. We also saw these large, coralesque bodies attached to sticks. I've seen these in the water at Mt. Auburn cemetery before, but not in Ward's pond, though they were deeper than I usually go. Unfortunately, I've forgotten what the damn things are. I'll do some research, but if anyone recognizes them on sight, that would be very helpful. They aren't frog eggs (too tightly packed, and only one or two species of frogs live in there) or salamander eggs (our only species of salamander near the pond is very small). ( take a look? )
