Site: Cotton Wood Ranch
Date: 5-15-08
Time: 3:12 pm
Temperature: 61 Degrees
Weather: Very sunny, with a slight breeze
Notes: I noticed little flowers popping up around the irrigation ditch. I think yesterday was the day when spring was welcomed into my area. Butterflies were circling all the flowers and trees. It was the first butterflies I have seen all year. Although it was quite hot outside the soil stayed rich and moist. That might’ve been the exact amount of precipitation that the flowers needed in order to come out. I am really begging to wonder if the time of day effects what is going on in the field. Maybe the field goes through stages while the day goes on. I bet some animals are out early in the morning while others like mid day and night. I think that the mosquitoes are spawning because every time I go to my spot I get swarmed with more and more mosquitoes. In fact I have a couple bites to prove it. Something I saw this time was that the birds were back out and happy. When I first arrive every time, the birds aren’t there but as I sit they start to appear. It is kind of strange because I thought that they would be used to humans due to the fact that they are so close to the road. The next time I go I am going to try and go in the morning to see if it changes anything with in the field, or the ditch.
1 comment:
You ask great questions and do a good job of forming simple hypothesese. Also I think your idea of observing early in the morning is fantastic as I'm sure a different group of organisms is active at that time. As you continue try to identify some of the bird species in your area as well as focus on how the behavior of certain organisms (ex: butterflies) is critical to the health of your ecosystem.
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