Observation #3

Date: May 12
Time: 4:45 PM
Temp: 40 degrees
Weather: Cloudy, Rain Storm Coming
Wind: Very Windy!!!
Soil: Dry

Nothing is really changing. Still only seeing birds. Looking at the birds though, I noticed that my area isn't very biodiverse. Only 4 diffrent speices of birds live here: robins, sparrows, chickadees (?), and some sort of small black bird with blue eyes. But, my area dosn't have readily available water, or ample space, so only small animals that can safely cross the high-way to the Snake can survive. Deer come here in the winter, but they have to climb the whole mountain to reach the platue and the pond located on the top, which trust me, is a VERY long walk! The only other big animals that come through are the cows that live up there in the summer (then are butchered in the fall). Elk and bighorn sheep are there too, but they are only passing through to get to the river on the other side.