Site/location: Behind my house
Date: May 21, 2008
Time of day: 6:05 pm
Temp: 39 degrees F
Weather conditions: Rainy and cloudy
Wind conditions: Slight breeze and sometimes a little heavier
Soil condition: Muddy and wet because it had just rained.
With the change of weather came more changes in the ecosystem. For the past couple of days it has been kind of in a constant raining period. The pond that was last week drying up in filled again and the irrigation ditch that connects to it is flooded. The birds for shelter are lower in the cattails when usually when it is sunny that sit on top. I have also noticed many uses the birds use the cattails for. The use there for shelter, nest shelter and possible food. All the organism that live in my area a well adapted for the many unpredictable weather patterns. There is little interspecfic competion which make this place have a nice balence.
1 comment:
Great job describing the competition between the birds (is it intraspecific or interspecific competition). Also, you talked about the birds reliance on the various twigs and branches for building nests, showing the interdependence of different organisms on one another. Continue to make connections to the ecology concepts and proof read your postings!
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