It was rainy and 56 degrees. I spotted 2 rabbits and observed 1 for about 13 mins.
It was slightly sunny and slightly windy in a marshland with berry/pricker bushes and cattails.I spotted 3 males and between 2 and 3 females.
It was warm, slightly sunny marshland with taller grasses and moist land, in a field w/ short grass. Groundhog burrows run through the fields evident by the groundhogs crawling in and out of them. There was 3 groundhogs that I spotted, and I only observed one of them closely. I recorded its activity budget.
Male sparrow chasing and trying to court with female sparrow.
Parent feeding young.
-Sunny, 75 degrees
-Flew from tree to tree
-Hid in between branches and was hard to see
-1 minute observation
-3:45 PM
-Sunny, 75 degrees
-Flew around rapidly
-Sat on a flower for a second then flew away again
-Couldn't see what it was really doing
-1 minute observation
-3:20 PM
-Sunny, 70 degrees
-A dragonfly flew around incredibly quickly
-When I approached it, it flew away
-Behavior couldn't be properly recorded
-Adlib
-Horsebarn Hill
-Rainy & Windy
-3:45 PM
-Scratching most of the time
-Looking at ground for food when not scratching
-Staring back up towards fence
-Attempted to hide in bushes at times
-However, was alert throughout 5 minute observation
a group of 4 chickadees were foraging at the ends of pine branches.
It was swimming in the lake and preened often.
I saw two Robins perched on a tree branch and then they flew away.
Two sparrows were perched on a stone wall, and hovered/hopped over one another 3 times.
Condition: ~60 F, light rain mist, overcast, 3:48 PM
Method: brief ad libitum
Lone robin was observed alternatively pecking at the ground (head down, feeding) and being vigilant (head up, alert), before flying away under one minute later.
Condition: ~60 F, light rain mist, overcast, 3:16pm
Method: Scan (once every 20 seconds for 5 minutes)
Two females and one male
Behavior codes
AL - Alert (head up, sitting, standing, or in water)
FO - Foraging (bill facing down to water, searching for food)
FE - Feeding (eating, moving bill)
LO - Locomotion (swimming with face forward, walking, or flying)
NV - Not visible
Activity budget:
AL = 3/45 = 6.67%
FO = 36/45 = 80%
FE = 2/45 = 4.44%
LO = 1/45 = 2.22%
NV = 3/45 = 6.67%
3 minute focal observation
Resting,
Pecking ground,
Running across ground
Displaying to female, calling and shaking tail feathers side to side, holding wings out from sides to display red wing patches
97-second ad libitum continuous focal
Condition: 70 F, Sunny, with few clouds. About 3:30PM.
Kept sticking head past dandelion petals, likely to feed. Continued this behavior for 43 seconds, then flew to a neighboring dandelion to continue feeding for another 54 seconds, then flew away.
90-second ad libitum continuous focal
Condition: 70 F, Sunny, with few clouds. About 3:30PM.
Toad tadpoles, likely recently hatched, exhibited both still (at rest) and wiggling locomotion behaviors.
