Monday, May 12, 2008

Observation #2

Site: Backyard
Date: 5/8/08
Time: 6:01 pm
Temp: 50˚F
Weather: Partly cloudy and breezy
Soil: Damp form rain previous day


The plants have still not flowered but look perky. Since last observation, there are more birds out of the trees, flying around and walking around on the ground and i have noticed mosquitoes in the air. This is probably due to the fact that it was raining during my previous observation. The birds were gathering twigs and dead grass, which leads me to believe they are nesting. The birds are also fighting in the air and are significantly noisier. I'm interested in what they are fighting over. Are they fighting over females? Is it mating season? I have also found scat, which i believe to have been left behind by a weasel.

1 comment:

Ms. Overly said...

Good start to the information, but look out for small typos! These typos detract from your content and make you observations appear to be less sophisticated! Continute to make deeper connections between what you see and the ecology terms we have discussed in class!