STUDYING ECOLOGY iN COLUMBUS, OHiO

Lindsey SearsBIOS 275- Winter quarter

2009

FiRST STOP::

(CiTY PARK)

Blue Ash Tree

GiNKGO TREE

YELLOWWOOD

EUROPEAN LARCH

SWAMP WHiTE OAK

iN THE SWAMP WHiTE OAK TREE iS A BiRD’S NEST!

OhiO BUCKEYE

WHiTE MULBERRY

WHiTE MULBERRY

WHiTE MULBERRY

WHiTE MULBERRY

RiVER BiRCH

ENGLiSH ELM

Shumard Oak. . . . .

iT’S A SQUiRREL!!

DABBLiNG DUCKS CiNNAMON TEAL MALLARD

more ANIMALS @ THE PARK

QUiCK RABBiT ENGLiSH BULLDOG & MiX

The plant on the left was across the park, it was VERY neat, but I could not find out its name….& on the left, a picture of a tree with a tumor???!!!

SeCoNd AdVeNtUrE::

(PRAiRiE)

Cockspur Hawthorne

GREEN ASH SHiNGLE OAK

KENTUCKY COFFEETREE

HORSE BEHiND THE PRAiRiE

(NAME, UNKNOWN)

I COULD NOT FiND THE NAME OF THIS PLANT IN THE BOOK I BORROWED FROM THE LiBRARY, BUT I THOUGHT iT WAS VERY NEAT LOOKiNG! iT’s WHiTE WiTH RED BRANCHES

BiRD FEEDER, BUT NO BiRDS!!!!

TREES AT THE PRARIE

NORWAY SPRUCE EASTERN REDCEDAR

Scotch Pine (left) BalsamFir (right)

PLANTS iN THE PRAiRiE

SPiKED BLAZiNG STAR

RATTLE SNAKE MASTER

WiLD BERGAMOT

LiTTLE BLUESTEM

INDiAN GRASS

MOSSBiRDS NEST, BUT NO BiRDS!

So there were no animals at the Prairie, probably due to the weather, but I was able to find out what types of species usually habitat this area…..

Monarch butterfly

Eastern tailed blue butterfly

Bobolink

Field Sparrow

Eastern Meadowlark

Long Neck Pheasant

Short eared owl

Tiger Swallowtail

Wild turkey

Pearl crescent

PUT ON YOUR HiKiNG BOOTS for the LAST STOP::

(DECiDUOUS FOREST & FRESHWATER STREAM)

Geese & Moss

Colorado Spruce & Norway Spruce

SLATE MOSS iN THE STREAM

CLOVERS EASTERN WHiTE CEDAR

BALSAM FiR

PiNE CONE!

FERN EASTERN HEMLOCK

FUNGUS!!!

ACORNS …WHERE ARE THE SQUiRRELS????

NO ANiMALS iN SiGHT!

BEAVER DAM…. …WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN SEEN iF IT WERE WARMER—A BEAVER!

THE VERY FiRST ANiMAL I SPOTTED AT THiS TRAiL WAS A BLUE JAY BUT iT FLEW AWAY TOO FAST TO TAKE A PICTURE. THiS PiCTURE PROViDES A NiCE ViSUAL!

I had a very difficult time finding animals. The past week I took advantage of the warmer weather and went back to all the places I first went to observe and take pictures in order to find more animals…. Still no luck!!! I tried by best. If I had more time, I would probably visit different ecological communities—I think that may have been half the problem besides the weather!