Naturalist Essay

My walk took place through a residential and urban area. As I began my walk, the time was mid-morning, close to noon. The atmosphere was quiet and tranquil. I enjoy walking during the morning because less people are out and the streets feel calm.
Walking down these residential areas, I hear birds chirping and walking on the ground, possibly looking for food. I also observe squirrels running through lawns. I see the green of the lawns and hear the rustling of leaves. Some houses have different colored flowers, which attract butterflies!
I usually don’t pay much attention to the lawns, but on my walk, the green color seemed to be brighter than usual. I also noticed a lot more squirrels than I usually see. It is easy to take trees for granted but I did appreciate the shadows they created.
I would not pay much attention to the nature around me since I did not really think there was much nature. Now, I can see that nature is everywhere, even in the city. Nature interacts with me every day, mostly when birds release their waste on my car. I interact with nature when I relax underneath a big, wide tree.
My walk was more like Kuo’s writing, but with some Muir in it. While I did not have to hurdle over rocks and climb dangerous hills/mountains, I did enjoy my walk through “nature”. Living in a huge urban area, we must appreciate and take care of the limited green areas we have. My “nature” was green lawns and big trees, and not the middle of nowhere area that Muir was in. Kuo’s and Muir’s writings were different in that the first is a scholarly and scientific article, while the second is a descriptive narrative of an event. Muir is describing his love for nature and his surroundings, while Kuo is observing and testing the effect of green areas in urban locations. However, Kuo also explores urbanites’ positive feelings towards nature.