Observation 3

Site: Marsh/Pond area
Date:5/12/08
Time: 7:01
Weather: Partly cloudy, windy
Soil: Slightly damp

When I first came to the site I saw no signs of life, no birds, geese, ducks and insects. I noticed that is was really windy maybe scaring the animals away. Yet I could here the birds chirping, predicting that they were down in the grasses. Finally after five minutes or so I started to see a couple Yellow Headed Blackbirds and that same red winged bird I saw earlier, I later looked up the bird discovering that it is a Red Winged Blackbird. Then the insects started to roar in after the wind died down, then the geese soon followed. There were many differences from the last observation. First the pond was cleared from the algae and insects buzzed on it happily. Secondly the cattail heads and fallen grasses had began to rebuild themselves. And lastly all the vegetation had grown and turned greener possibly from the rain we had late last week. I predict more animals to come and for the vegetation to grow more. I am sure that if the weather is good it will attract more birds and hopefully some swans.