Site: Behind my house in a wooded area
Date: 5-12-08
Time of day: 9:00 pm
Temperature: 46 degrees
Weather Conditions: overcast
Wind Conditions: Calm
Soil Conditions: Dryer
Notes: Small leaves are beginning to form on the branches of the aspen trees. This morning there was a female moose grazing on the grass by a remaining pile of snow. The moose looked like it had had a rough winter. It was very skinny and had a limp. The coat was very shaggy and unhealthy looking but I think that this is because it is in its molting period. With the coming of spring it seems as if the entire ecosystem is waking up. All of the snow has finnaly melted and with that more green grass is sprouting up. The bird population is increasing as they begin to consume seeds out of our bird feeder at an increasing rate. The birds are filling their niche because the seeds they drop are then being eaten by the squirrels and other rodents.
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