| Fauna, Duvall Creek | 22 Apr 2009 |
| Animal Indicators for Spring by admin |
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Yesterday was a great day to be outside. A term known as phenology is a basic way for identifying what our environment is telling us. Wikipedia states that: Phenology is the study of periodic plant and animal life cycle events and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate. I was taught this at a very early age by my father that used to say: "Be very quiet while observing and nature will tell you what is going on". Yesterday was one of those days.
Early in the morning a ground hog was eating clover next to our office. Later in the day I went on field assessment call near Duvall Creek to find 3 Brown Water Snakes, and macro algae growing on the shores of the River. This species of algea is Entrermorpha flexuosa, it is not considered one of our good Submerged Aquatic Vegetation.
Happy Earth Day---Diana
