I wonder how many gingkos are on campus...

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South of Goudy, northwest corner of Brown Field
Walking in the rain, I didn’t expect to see much, but lo and behold, I had located yet another gingko tree. I think I’ll make it my goal this semester to locate every single gingko on campus. This one was much older than the one in front of Montag; it was about 150 feet tall, 2foot diameter about trunk, with leaves that seemed slightly lighter in color. More leaves had fallen on the ground. The grey bark held deep furrows, and a dirty shoe was sitting negligently at the trunk’s base. Dark mosses grew along the branch joints. There was a slight bend toward the west, which grew more pronounced at the apex. The angle though, was much less than the younger one. This tree was surrounded by 5-foot tall shrubs. A rhododendron had elliptical leaves of a shiny green. Trumpet shaped flowers had already wilted and dried out. Flies continued to land on the leaves despite the rain. They were of a curious grey color of a house fly. One had a marvelous iridescent green shell and was larger in comparison to the other flies. Sadly, before I could register more about its appearance, it flew away. Small nymphs continued to buzz about the air, dodging the raindrops. I have always wondered about what would happen when a fly was hit by a raindrop. Would it drop due to the force of the water? Would it fall to the ground and die? While I was pondering this, three brown birds flew low over campus directly in front ofhte north side entrance of the Putnam Center. They seemed to have longer necks than the regular passerine, but I couldn't see much more than that.