Union Bay Natural Area Scouting Visit 5/10/12

On a warm sunny day some group members and I of the UW Waterfowl Natural History group went out to the Union Bay Natural Area (UBNA) to scout out for the potential waterfowl to be found at the UBNA for our group tour project. We visited numerous areas to see where the waterfowl all like to hang out. We found out that the south side of UBNA, the area with the most water, was the strongest location for dense waterfowl population. We went out almost all the way to the center for horticulture to check out all of the water body location. Though in the end we decided to stick with the water bodies close to the trails and also close to each other to maximize our time use. During our scouting trip we also found a couple of species out by a pond. The pacific willow seemed to cover a good amount of space in the pond near the south end of UBNA while the bay side was full of cattail and horse tail as well as a Pacific flowering dogwood that we spotted.

Publicado el 05 de junio de 2012 a las 02:00 PM por jinam22