Observation #5

Site: A pond in Melody Ranch


Date: May 18, 2008


Time of Day: sunset


Temperature: 50 Degrees F


Weather Conditions: Windy and slightly cloudy


Soil Conditions: Dry





Lately my observation area has been extremely dry. The water has continued to lower with the hot weather. I hypothesize that the weather will continue to be dry and by the end of this unit there will be nevery little to no water left. Desppite the hot weather most of the greenery in my area has continued to stay the same. How ever i have reason to beleive that the bug population has grown due to more scum in the pond. This benefits the frogs of this habitat by increasing there food source even though the fellow organisms may not agree. I also saw a fox. It was redish brown with a white tip on the tail. As I look closer I notice that the fox is carrying something in its mouth. It turns out that it is a fat mouse. Once again the feild mice population suffers from predators. These predators could be large birds, fox and/or my cats. As much as it makes me sad to see the mice population go down, it is nescesary to the community. Without these predators the mice may overpopulate the area and through off the balance in the communtiy.