Ecosystem

Due to the recent tree cutting activity Winstrom Park has been closed, therefore we decided to go to Stu Visser trails. This park consists of a main trail through a pretty densely lavished forest, including a river and two small ponds.

The ecosystem of Stu Visser trails includes a variety of animals. Every thing from beetles and minnows to coyotes and large mouth bass have the possibility of inhabiting this park. The property of this park has the ability to support many different types of animals because it's wide variety of marshes, rivers, ponds, trees, and so on. We found sign of many animals including even a coyote (right). The swampy and lush environment supports much of the prey the Coyote feeds on. 

Not only does the park consist of land based creatures, it also supports an expanse of water based creatures. We found evidence of ducks inhabiting our park, which makes sense because the pond in the park would support a lot of the things a duck likes to eat. On the top of the pond we even noticed some duck weed, a ducks favorite snack. These ponds also have the ability to support everything minnows and frogs to large mouth bass. As well, this pond can support a wide variety of algae that would be a tasty snack to all sorts of animals.

For land based creatures there's plenty of things for herbivores, the start of a food chain, to feed off of. There's all sorts of plants, flowers, and berries for things such as deer, rabbits, and birds to eat. The plentiful trees also support things such as squirrels are birds (left). We even found evidence that the birds eggs are being eaten by predators. This could be a result of another more dominant bird or possibly a scavenger coming along and eating whatever.







Here's an example of what a small portion of a food web for Stu Visser trails could consist of: