Observation 6

Time: 7:00 pm
Weather: heavy rain, thunder, and lightning
Temperature: 51 degrees

My area is having the first true spring shower of the year. This weather is predicted to continue throughout the rest of the week. I think that if this rain does continue the already increasing biodiversity of flora life will begin to grow and advance even more quickly. This will in turn continue to increase the biodiversity of the fauna life around my area, because they will provide more habitats, and food for the animal life.

The rain has caused most of the animals to stay within their shelters. However, there are some animals that seem to flourish in the rain. Several ducks have begun to appear on the pond. They take turns ducking to catch bugs, and frogs from the mud at the bottom of the lake. A blue heron has also visited the pond to hunt. The ducks and the heron are the only birds that I have seen out in this weather, the smaller birds seem to prefer dry weather. They small birds also have very few insects to feed off, because the weather is too damp and cold for most insects to fly. The moose also seem unaffected by the rain. They still roam through the area looking for willows, and other plants to feed on.

If it continues to stay this damp, some smaller organisms may have trouble surviving in my area. The small birds are not adapted to fly in the high breezes and rain. The insects that inhabit my area are also not able to survive in this weather. Foxes will also have trouble finding food if the rodents continue to stay in their burrows. However, this weather is necessary for much of the flora life in my area. The drought that we have experienced in the past few years have caused many lakes to dry up, which in turn has caused the death of some plants that rely heavily on water.