Observation #3

5/12/08

Weather: sunny, with a slight breeze.

Temp: 56 degrees

Time: 5:30

General: I have seen a few new animals in my area, including a mallard duck and some populations of smaller bird. There are signs of more animals in my area, biodiversity in this ecosystem is increasing. There is allot of trash now that the snow has melted. All that waste is definitely not good for wild life in the area. I also saw three more magpies. One was eating what looked like a piece of trash and the others were looking on with interest; they did not try to take it from him so I believe that there is enough food now for them not compete among each other. I have seen moose eating the willow trees in the winter and I found moose scat in my area. Once we found a dead moose in my area I wounder what the area were it was looks like now I think I will go look at it next time. Maybe there will be an increase in plant life, but then again maybe nothing has happened at all. The dead moose however is a kick "posterior" exampel of many ecological term. For starters it is a vary interesting example in the food chain. It contributes to the food chain by giving back nutrient's to the earth. It is also a great source of food for any scavenging animals. They will find it as an extreamly easy sorce of food mainly becaus there is no energy lost in a hunt or scrowngin for it and it is abundant because... well mosse are pritty big. This moose is also a great example of