Observation # 6

Site: My backyard
Date: May 20th, 2008
Time: 5:05 p.m
Temp: 75 degrees
Weather: Partly Cloudy, hot, partly sunny
Wind: Breezy
Soil: Dry

The hot weather is bringing in different species to my area (community)... It's so interesting. The very first thing that I saw when I went out on my porch was a BULL MOOSE and a baby cow right along its side! I recall in my last observation I saw moose scat and was hoping that the moose would come back, and there they were. I think they came back for the willow trees cause that's all I ever see them do in my backyard besides sleep. Once again this will create a niche for more plants to come up due to them recieving more sunlight. The cow moose was using an anti-predator adaptation of mimicry of its mom. But then again, the baby wasn't using it to protect itself from a predator. Everything the mom did the baby did right afterwards like copy-cat. Along with the two moose was this rare bird that I have never seen before. It was black and it had what looked like a neon orange or pink under its wing. I didn't get to observe it to much because it wasn't around for long. Also not quite in my backyard but in a aspen tree across the road was a hawk perching by its nest. I just thought that was something new to share. Flora wise nothing has really change except that some aquatic vegetation (maybe a little algae) was happening in the pond. Otherwise the pond is raising the biodiversity of species in my area!