Site Observations Day 4

Site 1: Pond

Pictures taken by Emily Seay

Animal

Geese's

I saw 10 brown and white geese and some all brown Canadian geese (Branta canadensis) in the pond, belonging to the Animalia kingdom

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Branta_canadensis.html

Plant

Cattail

I saw cattails (Typha latifolia) by the pond belonging to the Plant Kingdom http://www.apms.org/plants/cattail.htm

Fungus on a log

Site 2: Creek

Fungus on a log

On the log their is fungus that I saw by the pond belonging to the Plant kingdom

(Bacidia incompta)

http://www.arkive.org/lichen/bacidia-incompta/

Skunk Cabbage

Skunk Cabbage

I saw skunk cabbage by the creek, it was like a orange being pilled, it was red, green, white, and yellow in color by the creek belonging to the plant kingdom. (Symplocarpus foetidus)

http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/species.php?id=105 

 Animal

Raccoon Footprints

Belonging to the Animal Kingdom, the picture is a picture of raccoon footprints

Procyon lotor

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/raccoon.htm 

 Site 3: Deep Woods 

Animal

Belonging to the Animal Kingdom, I saw a bee sleeping in a log, the bee was yellow and black.

Dolichovespula maculata. Bald-facedhornet

http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/bald-faced_hornet.htm

Bald Face Hornet

-I saw all the animals and plants that I have included from

the bee to the skunk cabbage to the raccoon tracks.

-I felt the wind and the sun as they both brushed my face,

warming me and chilling me at the same time

-I heard my fellow classmates talk and buses and cars on the road

near by.