FInal Bird's Eye View

Bird's Eye View. We used arrows instead of a compass rose because we were not facing north when we did our observation period.

Habitat type of Eaton Canyon is Dry Shrubland. Shrublands usually get more rain than deserts and grasslands but less than forested areas. There is not a steady amount of rain. There is a noticeable dry season and wet season. Several plants have developed fire-resistant adaptations to make it through the frequent fires that occur in the dry season. Eaton Canyon is located in the foothills of the San Gabriel and our observation location was in the northern end of Eaton Canyon's territory. The dimensions of the area we observed are 90 ft. long by 55 ft. wide.

This honey comb was found in a shaded area beneath a tree as we walked to the right (if you were sitting on the log that we sat on) and out of view of our bird's eye view landscape. We saw a few other honeycomb surrounding it as well.

This picture of the deer track was found as we were walking through the prairie. This would be the same prairie Sierra and I saw the deer bounding across, from the hill we climbed. As we were walking back to where the bus was parked, up a small hill scattered with trees, we saw a doe and a fawn quietly walking. The scientific name for a deer is Cervidae. We saw four deer in total on our Eaton Canyon adventure.
 
This was the view we encountered at the top of the hill which was to the direct left of where we sat on the log at our observation area facing the entrance to Eaton Canyon.

Katherine's 30 Minute Observation

11:45

Wind whistles through the strands of grass and pushes them back softly. I hear the paw of an animal crunch on leaves to my right but when I look over, nothing is there.

11:54

As I eat my lunch silently, flies buzz past my ear. Birds chirp and knock down leaves from the tree overhead.

11:58 The slight breeze is now gone and I begin to get hot.

12:05 A yellow butterfly flies past me and flutters above the billowing grass before disappearing.

12:09 I hear more crunching behind me.

12:15 Sierra went up a hill and encountered a deer sprinting through the meadow as well as a black widow wrapping up a moth.

This is a video of a black widow wrapping up a moth.

This video is of the area surrounding the log I sat on while eating lunch and doing my observation.