Oservation #2

Date: May 6, 2008

Time: 7:03

Temperature: 56˚f

Soil: Damp, cold

Hypothiesis: The grass and plants were wet, which I think will cause the grass to ripen and cause more animals to be attracted to the area.



I have two areas of my research, the upper part of my hill and lower part. Each contains two very diverse settings.

*The upper part less steep. For my Flora I found many plants were not fully bloomed yet. This is because in Jackson our spring weather does not arrive untill later in the year, May or June.

*The Aspens were still bare from the winter as well as some dead sage. Evergreens were obviously still green, but a dull green.

*I saw two sage hens, 1 male and 1 female
- the male's feathers were very colorfull and fluffed up, kind of like a peacocks would be

* Burrows were everywhere
- probalby from vohls

The lower part of the observation is in the midst of a group of Evergreens.

* Flora for the lower part was not quite a diverse as the upper.

*Evergreens
*Pinecones

*There was lots of deer scat and traces, like animal footprints, on the soil.

*On one of the Aspen trees, it appeared to be scratched down.
- maybe from a deer or an elk, possibly maybe a bear scratching

*Tick season so in the brush there most likly were ticks