4/15/12

Location: The Cedar River Trail in Renton, WA close to the Landing shopping center and Boeing.

Coordinates: 47.4662048, -122.1375128

Weather: It was in the high 50's to low 60 degrees F. It was very warm. It was partly cloudy at some times during the day, but it was mostly clear and nice.

Habitat: The area I went to was close to my house. I walked along a trail by a river that opens out to Lake Washington. I walked from the Renton Highschool football stadium parking lot until the end of the trail by Boeing. It ended at a pier where I could look out at Lake Washington. The habitat along the river was sort of a wetlands. It was a river habitat with aquatic plants growing close to the bank. There were also many deciduous trees like willows and alders further from the river bank close to the trail. The river habitat is home to many ducks, gadwalls, small rabbits, small birds, seagulls, and squirrels. Although I didn't see any, I could also assume that the river is home to frogs, fish, lizards and other elusive amphibians.

Vegetation: The dominant plant life included large deciduous trees. The large trees grew along the trail, close to the river. There were some few conifers further away from the river bank, but they were smaller and more like bushes than trees. There were also non-native, planted saplings and young blossoming trees along the trail for decoration. Smaller plant life I saw included river bank plants like horsetails and cattails. There were also a few berry bushes like blackberries and salmonberries.

Species List: Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
Shore Pine (Pinus contorta contorta)
An unknown plant
Aesculus hippocastanum
around 7 unknown flowering plants
Silver-spotted Tiger Moth (Lophocampa argentata)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Camellias (Genus Camellia)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani)

Publicado el 01 de mayo de 2012 a las 07:42 AM por velizo