Date: May 17th
Time: 9:37 AM
Temp: 79 Degrees F
Weather: Sunny, Hot
Soil: Dry
Observation #4
Yesterday I went and observed my area at relatively different time then I have before. It was the hottest day by far in my observations, and I was present at the hottest time of the day. Right away I noticed the lack of birds singing around the edge of the park in the trees. I hypothesize that the silence was due to the intense heat from the sun. The birds must have some common sense and are finding relief in the shade. With all the heat in the last few days and no rain, there have been no worms visually present in my area. This may interrupt the birds food chain because a primary source of food has suddenly disappeared. This may result in some intraspecific competition between the birds over limited food. Other then the bird problem, everything looks about as boring as it did last time. They grass is healthy and super green, but the pond still doesn't have any water in it. Nil. Nada. Zero. However, Danika was able to identify the buds on the aspen trees. "They are female "flowers" called catkins. They are the reproductive organisms on the aspen trees. They will be fertilized and then able to produce many more baby aspen trees" (Comey, Observation #4). Hopefully, when the pond starts to receive water (if it EVER does), biodiversity in the fauna will increase. Hopefully.
