Homework #4

The first area that I began hiking through was a relatively small section of coastal scrub in the Berkeley marina. This area did not seem as bio diverse as I had anticipated, but with a little bit of persistence I found my five forms of wildlife. These included two types of songbirds as well as smaller creatures such as common garden snails and wolf spiders. While the birds were bathing and hunting in groups to take advantage of the early warning signs from their peers, the smaller lifeforms had adapted to survival in this area by hiding underneath large rocks.
The next area that I went to was a strip of coastal grassland. I had originally wanted to seek various species from the rocky shores of the bay, but quickly realized that the only creatures that I would likely find were the overwhelming populations of Silverfish. I ended up moving up the shore until I ran into sparse areas of vegetation and settled on documenting those. The plants had adapted to live in harsh conditions where there was not much life, probably from the constant barrage of salty sea air that is always present.

Posted on March 5, 2014 06:31 AM by bstudent