A note on Ecology

I touched on it briefly in my first journal entry but something that becomes readily apparent in the desert lands of the western united states is the even, borderline regimented, spacing of many of the plants in the flat areas spanning the distance between the mountains. I imagine this is due to the minimal water fall in the desert and the need to maintain or even defend ones own personal space to take advantage of the rain that does land on the ground. This sort of environment has created quite a unique environment for the mice, lizards and birds of these areas. I've noted that mice (and other small rodents) will burrow among the roots of the many bushes of the landscape, only darting out at night to feed and socialize. The lizards, for their part, need the warm embrace of the suns light and will warm themselves out on exposed rocks, only returning to the protective camouflage and cover of the bushes when they sense a hungry predator watching them from above. The birds for their part carry out their role as predator on high, launching themselves into the underbrush in search of berries, mice, lizards, and even other birds. The birds that suffer this harsh, cannibalistic, assault have sought to join the lizards and the mice in the protective underbrush. Those that have found ways to avoid it, or are themselves the predators, stand vigilant atop bushes, cacti, or power lines, surveying their domain as the small gods of destruction i'm sure the smaller prey animals consider them.

Posted on March 23, 2018 11:36 PM by brandon130