Observation #5

Time: 6:00


Temp: 50 degrees.


Soil moisture: very wet.


Weather: Cloudy with a larger cloud mass moving in.


The River level is the highest I've ever seem it. Judging by the color and size of the clouds that are moving in I would guess that this could be a fairly large storm. This should only raise the river level even more. That should be vary interesting because the Field that I have to cross to get here was flooded and I'm guessing that my craw space could be flooded as well. On the plus side all the plants are green and lively. Also there are allot of robins around I'm guessing that this is because the worms are coming out. This represent Intra specific competition between the robins competing for the worms. the worms also have a few interesting anti predator adaptations. they emit a slippery slime that makes it hare for their predators to catch them. And if that doesn't work they can live even after being cut in half. These are both truly unique anti predator adaptations and really do make the plain old ordinary worm that you see in the ground much more fascinating. They also play a very large and important roll in the food chain as decomposers. They break down nutrients in the soil. Any ways like i previously mention everything is much greener and much more alive. the willow trees that are so abundant around my area are dropping little fuzzy pods that could be seeds but i don't know why they would do that this time of the year.