OBSERVATIONS Bladry Creek Park WPG MB

TIME/DATE: 11/03/2023 at 14:25 CST  WEATHER: Fall Season. Chilly weather, snow on ground, temperatures 2 degree Celsius, 2 km/h wind, 67% humidity.   LOCATION: Winnipeg, MB, Canada  AREA/SIZE (M): 997.28 meters…

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I chose an area to observe behind my house that is located near the Elk River in Fernie, BC. It is a flat walking path that takes you beside the…

Post 3: Ongoing Field Observations (Mallards)

McArthur Island Park October 29, 2023 Season: Fall Temperature: +4 degrees Celsius  Time of day: 11:20 am Conditions: Sunny The organism of interest: Mallards (79 observed today) Three locations along…

Post 7: Theoretical Perspectives

My study looks at the relationship between the amount of direct sunlight and the number of flowers produced by the shrub Grewia occidentalis (Crossberry). The ecological process that my hypothesis…

Post 2: Peer-Reviewed, Academic Research Material

The source of literature I have chosen is a piece of academic, peer-reviewed research material. This research article investigates the changes in land plant species resulting from wildfires and how…

Post 1: Observations – Birds

October 26th, 2023 Season: Fall Temperature: 3 degrees upon arrival / 2 degrees at departure Time of day: 3:00 pm-4:00 pm Conditions: Cloudy and grey skies, hardly any wind  The…

Observation at The university of Manitoba Forest Lake

Hello, I visited the Forest Lake at the University of Manitoba on the 24th of September at 1:00 pm with a degree of +16. The weather was cloudy after a…

Blog 2: Academic Source

  The source of literature I choose is The Birds of British Columbia Volume 4 by Robert Campbell et al. This source is a great starting point for my project…

Design Reflection; Systemic Sampling

One of the difficulties in implementing my sampling strategy was figuring out which one of the sampling methods worked for my experiment. At first,  I tried using random sampling but…

Post 6: Data Collection

I sampled 50 replicates. The sampling process went well, though I have learned that spider webs seem to be a common theme and that is something I must come to…