Observation # 5

Site:My backyard
Date: Monday May 19th, 2008
Time of day: 6:01 p.m.
Temp: Not recorded
Weather: Sunny, really hot, no clouds
Wind: Tiny breeze
Soil:Dry

Finally my pond is all the way filled so as I was observing today I noticed the biodiversity in my area increase meagerly. First off, with newly fresh water I noticed that there were a couple mallard ducks swimming around in the pond. I believe there were two males and one female. The female duck was over on its own while the two male ducks seemed to be fighting over the female. It was very exciting to finally see some intraspecific competition going on in my backyard! Besides the ducks, there are also frogs hidden beneath some rocks (abiotic factors). I have no idea what gender or how many of them there are because I can never find them. I always hear them croak throughout the day when I am home. Along the pond was some moose poop, and it seemed to be pretty fresh. I am hoping the moose will come back to this area when I do my next observation. Along with some more organisms coming to place, the plant life has also grown tremendously. The grass is the greenest I have seen it after a long winter. Some dandelions have came up along the berm which adds a little more color to my backyard. Although, the willow trees haven't seemed to have filled out much since last time. As time has gone on my area is becoming more interesting!!