Observation #5

Site: Backyard/Teton Village

Date: 5/19/08

Time: 5:00 pm

Temp: 73 Degrees F

Weather: Sunny

Soil: Dry

Having been watered, the grass is extremely green. Flowers along the house have begun to grow and dandelion's are scattered throughout the yard. These are weeds that are spread by seeds blowing in the wind. Dandelions are perennial, meaning they remain last for a long or apparently infinite time. The dandelions in the yard have begun attracting bees. Three large bumble are continuously landing on the flowers and then soon flying to another. In the garden along the house, the flower's leaves has opened and an unbloomed sepal is on the top of a large, about 9" stem. What kind of flowers are these? Near the larger flowers, little buds have started growing out of the soil. Hiding from the sun light, black-billed magpies fly in and out perching on the branches of pine and aspen trees. The aspen trees have lost the fuzzy pods on the branches, and in place little grean leaves have begun to grow in their place. The aspen trees in get more sunlight and are watered more, these tree's leaves are about three times larger then the other aspen tree's.