Date: 5/8/08
Time: 5:42
Temp: 46 Degrees F
Weather: Cold breeze with clouds and a little sun
Soil: Moist from rain
Last night and early this morning, it rained a lot so now the soil and grasses have water covering them. Just compared to three days ago, the grass is much more green in more places. The stems of flowers that have started to grow along the house are now getting taller and have long leaves extending from the bottom of the plant and folding outward. All the trees look moist with rain and the pine trees even look greener. The fuzzy pods on the aspen trees have started to open, and look like they have seeds or little black thing of some sort attached to the outsides. The piles of snow are now about half the size they were a couple days ago from all of the sun and then rain. There are no insects flying because of the cooler temperature and dampness that is in the air. The only birds i have seen was a small black bird flying from trees to the ground, probably picking up the few worms that have surfaced above the soil; this is a Predator-Prey relationship. Under a population of willows there are tracks going straight back into the willows, they look extremely small to be a dog's. Do they belong to a badger or raccoon?
1 comment:
Great detailed observations and questions, especially regarding the aspen trees. Also good job explaining the differences in your two observations due to the change in weather conditions!
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