Observation #5

May 19, 2008
Site: The Cotenwood Pond
Time: 5:07PM
Temperature: Not sure, warmish
Weather: Warm and sunny with a slight breeze.
Soil: Really moist and wet

WOW! THE POND IS FILLED!! HOORAY! Yesterday when I rode by the pond, I had a great surprise, the pond was full of water! It looks fabouls. There were many many more organisms living in the area that before when it was empty. I hear a deep, deep croaking noise and went to investagate. It was a small little frog hiding in the gunk along the edge of the pond. It has super good antipredator adapations like camoflague, and I had a hard time finding him at first. When I did see him, he was so small and it startled me that he could make such a loud noise. I watched him make his noise and I saw his neck buldge out, filled with sound. It was pretty cool. I also saw the starlings and some red robins and a few other specias of birds that I could not identify. All these birds were eating the brownish slush gathered at the edges of the pond. One bird specias that I later looked up was the Chichadee. It was so small and cute! What a lovely bird! I believe that the edges of the pond are full of nutriants that many organisms will eat. I also saw many insects; one of them was a HUGE bumble bee. The grass was still growing and I think that many more organisms will soon show up because there is now water in the pond. I then took a little trip upstream to look and see if the green thing was still there. It was. But the water in the main stream was soo full and bloated. The small canal that lead to the pond was underwater! Everywhere else, the water was flowing smoothly and quickly, it kept flowing like this and it was flowing surpusly into the pond! I cannot wait to go back to the pond later on in the week!