Observation 4

Site: In front of my house/pond
Date: May 16, 2008
Time: 6:43 am
Temp: 30.1 degrees F
Weather: Blue sky, the sun was peeking over the hill, looks like a good day
Soil: The soil was a little damp due to the dew in the mornings but again there hasn't been enough precipitation for the soil deep down to be damp
Hypothesis: The trees don't have buds but do willows have flowers or buds - just leaves(yes? no?)

The trees still haven't budded but yes willows do have buds. Around my area I have Peachleaf willows and in between leaves are white, orange and red little buds. The grass had water all over them, and when I walked around in it, my shoes got really wet. The grass is really green but definately not long. There are some dead twigs around but the enviroment is thriving off these nutrients from trees and grasses. The community got a little bigger today with a population of chickadee's hanging around in the willows. The chickadees would also use both the abiotic and biotic factors around the pond. They would use the abiotic factors which were the rocks and land on them so they could get their food. Biotic factors. Once again the biodiversity is so high around my pond that a few more populations of organisms would be able to live here. Because the chickadees have came to the pond, the ecosystem has changed because of its interaction with its enviroment. The biodiverisity is higher with these little birds hanging around the pond. But because another population has come to the pond, there is a little more competion for the food sources and survival needs around. There aren't very many insects other than the water skippers on it. One of the sounds I heard that I haven't heard yet while at my site is a Mourning Dove. I couldn't see them because they have a good anti-predator adaption by camoflauging. I could hear them singing though and that was one thing I could hear.