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.