Site: Behind my house in a wooded area
Date: 5-22-08
Time of day: 6:50 am
Temperature: 36 degrees
Weather Conditions: overcast with light rain
Wind Conditions: Calm
Soil Conditions: Very wet
Notes: This is my first observation that I have done in the morning. Grass has sprouted up even farther than before. There was a very wet snow on the ground from last night. There was a small group of deer that looked disapionted that is was so cold because just two days ago it was 80 degrees out. They were feeding on grass that was abundant every where. There is little competition between the deer for food unlike in the winter time. The hummingbirds are now out because their survival needs are being met now that the sugar water is in the bird feeder. The larger hummingbirds sit on the feeder and keep all of the other hummingbirds from eating. The leaves are now almost completely out of there buds and have their full green color. My mom also found some morel mushrooms. These mushrooms only grow in an area where succesion has occured, and that is why they they are so rare and valuble.
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