LAUMAN OBSERVATION LOG 10-29-12 11:50-12:20

Weather: hot,mild and occasional breezes
Facing west
Near a dry riverbed,surrounded buy small shrubs, and sitting in the shade of an oak tree  

11:50: stiff breeze, and a large number of carpenter ants on the tree, spotted two birds flying (probably sparrows

11: 55: occasional bird cries accompanied by the continual rustle of leaves, Red tailed hawk spotted flying, no ground mammals

12:00: faint dog bark, birds flying over from time to time, humming birds spotted in sitting in tree, still no ground mammals

12:05: leaf blower in distance, dog bark slightly louder, large bee swarm initially noticed because of noise

12:10: dog stops barking and leaf blower stops as well.

12:15: domestic sounds resume, increased bird calling

12:20: insect chirps heard and noticed fire ants on the rocks at the base of the tree 

 a picture of Buckwheat (Eriogonum heracleoides) on the lip of the dry riverbed near the oak tree that we used as our observation site