Observation #3

Site name/location: Behind my house/pond
Date: May 12, 2008
Time of day: 4:13 pm
Temp: 59 degrees F
Weather conditions:Mostly sunny and there are few clouds in the sky
Wind conditions: Very windy
Soil conditions: Less flooded, kind of dry, more vegatation
Hypothesis: I predict that twigs and dead grass will be used for the bird's nest
It is early in the observation but I have noticed more and more each time. The same yellow-headed black birds, black birds, ducks, crows, frogs, and robins still populate the area but I found new species. The first is a magpie which is very common but this was the first time it showed up in my area. Then as I was looking in the soil I noticed small holes. The burrows belong to small rodents such as moles and mice. They have benn hidden because the snow has cover most of the ground. I did not see but I could tell that geese had been there because the was goose poop everywhere.Now that the tempatures have increased I noticed that in the water there are little water bugs. They had not been there the two times before so I could tell that the water tempature was higher as well. Now that the soil is less dry more weeds have popped up. There are no flowers or anthing like that but I predict they will come soon. There is still more dead grass then alive which tells me the climate is still not good for the plants to survive.When the grass is more green then yellow and the trees grow buds there will be even more new organisms coming to share in the many resources.