Site: Cottonwood Ranch
Time: 6:15am
Weather: Sunny, cool, damp, no wind to speak of. 45 degrees F
Date: 5/29/08
Notes: For my last observation I arrived quite early at my site. It is a lot sunnier than the last morning visit. The common Grackles were doing their thing, picking up sticks and worms and such. I wonder if they work on their nests all year round or just during the time when they have little grackles. The water is still running fluidly through the irrigation ditch. I began thinking about the algae, I think it I a type of decomposer. I am just not so sure of what it is they can decompose while they are in the water. The morning dew was on the very green plants situated around the irrigation ditch. This also indicates that the soil is still rich. I wonder if it ever really gets dry, during the summer, I think the fact that the irrigation ditch has anything to do with the mount of moister being distributed. I have reached the conclusion that bugs aren’t active during the morning, or at least not as they are during the afternoon. I think it might have to do something with the temperature. Otherwise, everything was the same and no luck seeing a mammal I was kind of disappointed.
1 comment:
Great observations about the abiotic factors in your area, and hypothese about why these changes occur. Still concentrate on using formal language throughout your writing, as a few times you slip into more casual language. As always, I like that you did your observations at different times during the day!
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