OBSERVATION #8

SITE: POND

DATE: 5-31-08

TIME 10:18

TEMP.: 65 DEGREES F

WEATHER: SUNNY

WIND: LOW

SOIL: MOIST

THE SUN IS FINALLY OUT AND EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO COME ALIVE AT THE POND. I SAW MORE MINOS SWIMMING AROUND THE POND AND BUGS EVERYWHERE. COTTONWOODS, PINE TREES, AND GRASS HAS EITHER BLOOMED OR IS STILL BLOOMING. THE SUN IS GREAT FOR THE PLANTS SO THE CAN START PHOTOSYNTHESIS. THE POND IS ITS OWN LITTLE ECOSYSTEM WITH THE COTTONWOODS, MINOS, DUCKS, AND ROCKS YOU CAN TELL SUMMER IS ON ITS WAY.

OBSERVATION #7

LOCATION: POND

DATE: 5-28-08

TIME: 5:25

TEMP.: 46 DEGREES F

WEATHER: RAINY

WIND: HIGH 

SOIL: VERY MOIST

THE POND IN THE MY BACK YARD IS NOW OVER FLOWING BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN WE HAVE GOTTEN. THAT MIGHT CAUSE HARM TO ALL OF THE NESTS IN THE GRASS AND IT WILL ALSO KILL A LOT OF FISH EGGS. THE RAIN IS BENEFITTING ONE FACTOR AT LEAST, THE TREES HAVE BECOME VERY HEALTHY BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. YOU CAN SEE THE BUDS ON THE COTTONWOOD STARTING TO BLOOM BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.

OBSERVATION #6

Site: Pond
Date: 5/22/08
Time: 4:47
Temp.: 43 degrees F
Weather: rainy
Wind: Medium wind
Soil: Really moist
All of the moisture that has come to my house has really helped with the vegatation around the pond. Also the pond is really full, because normally when I go down there the water level is on the lower parts of the bigger rock. Now you can't see a lot of those rocks anymore. I'm guess that because of the rain and the increase of water levels that the nests that were in the tall grasses are now flooded out. The trees are also pretty flooded out too. This might cause harm to their growth also.

Observation #5

Site: Pond in my Backyard
Date: 5/21/08
Time: 5:26
Temp.: 47 Degrees F
Weather: Rainy, windy
Wind Condition: medium wind
Soil: moist
The rain was really effecting the biotic interactions at the pond. The vegetation was benefitting because of the rain and I can tell the that the trees are growing. The cottonwood trees have begun to bloom. It will create shelter and more oxygen for the organisms that live at the pond. Also because of the rain the fish in my pond are coming up to the surface because of all of the bug eggs that arebeing layed during the rain.

OBSERVATION #4

SITE: POND

TIME OF DAY: 4:35

TEMP.: 72 DEGREES F

WEATHER: SUNNY

WIND: LOW WIND

SOIL: MOIST

THE WATER GUYS TURNED ON A BIG PUMP THAT FEEDS WATER TO THE POND AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL HELP WITH

MORE VEGETATION AND MORE ORGANISMS COMING TO THE POND. THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF COTTONWOOD TREES

AROUND. SOME HAVE BEEN EATIN OFF OF, AND SESPECT THAT IT WAS MOOSE BECAUSE DRING THE WINTER WE ALWAYS SEE

THEM THERE EATING THEM

Fauna Report

REPORT 1
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The Anas platyrhynchos or more commonly known as the Mallard duck is one of the most populated duck species in the world. They’re actually the most common duck species in New Zealand. They live in nests in tall grass by any fresh body of water; normally female mallards lay about a dozen eggs. It takes about a month for the eggs to develop and hatch. During this process the male mallards stay and become very territorial, but after this the males live to fly with a pack of more male mallards.
Mallards usually travel in couples because we mainly see them during mating season. The only real threat to the mallard’s population would be hybridization, which is when two different species have offspring. This is because when the hybrid offspring are born they are all deformed and will die which wipes out a whole litter to a species.

OBSERVATION #3

LOCATION: POND

DATE: 5-12-08

TIME: 3:16

TEMP.: 44 DEGREES F

WEATHER: SOME SUN/ SOME CLOUDS

WIND: ENOUGH WIND TO RIPPLE WATER

SOIL: MOIST

There are always a lot of ducks and birds at my pond. Mallard ducks are what I see the most of though. I believe there is a nest by my pond because there is a male and a female always swimming around. Most mallards come up north here for mating season because of the climate.they eat bugs and seeds at my pond and even some frogs.