Posts 5 and 6 done on 5/22.

On Thursday, 5/22 I decided to combine two reports on the same day. I wanted to observe a change in time that was less than 24 hours so that I could see if any alterations were made in the habitat or community during a controlled time span. This would also allow me to veiw my observation site later than in my previous posts. My first observation was done at around 4:05 PMwhen the sky was cloudy and raining much as it had been for most of the day. The swan community was spread out in small groups of mabye 6 or 7  lazely swimming around in the pond. Nine geese were on land around or at the feeding stations and only 7 remained in the other side. The trees have started to flourish due in no small part to the increased precipitation and hotter sunny days. I departed from my site and returned a short time later at around 9:14 PM. It was beginning to darken and was darker than normal because the skies were still very much cloudy. The swan were now congregating to the shores and the feeding station I would imagine to rest for the night. The geese were mostly on the other pond exept for 3 resting on the wooden plank floating closest to the nearest shore. Across the road I also noticed several elk grazing about 20ft from the fence. This experiment showed me the seperation in the feeding times of the swan and geese communities. I would say not much competition is in place either intraspecific, or interspecific to the two species because of the abundance of provided food and shelter.