Observation #1

Site name/location: behind my house/pond
Date: may 7, 2008
Time: 6:48 pm
Temp: 57 degrees F
Weather conditions: partly cloudy (very windy)
Soil conditions: muddy near the water/on higher grounds more dry and less green
Hypothesis: As the four weeks go by I predict that the dry spots with become more green and the muddy areas will have absorbed more water.
As I was observing outside I noticed that the main population of species were yellow-headed black birds. These birds had nest built in the cattails. The nests were made of the dead grass, twigs, cattails, and moose hair. Another population was frogs. Although I could not see them I could tell they lived very near and in the pond water. I could tell what previous organisms were there because there was goose poo and moose scat. I predict that the moose had come for the willows and the goose were there for the body of water. The pond was somewhat flooded because of the melted snow. This makes the ground muddy and has a bad smell to it. I also noticed that the cattails were flatten down I think this is from the wieght of the snow and animals.