Blog #4

This weekend me and a friend went hiking on a trail. This trail was located around the Arlington Hights area of Riverside. I've been going to this spot for years which the spot is called ages peak, because of its nature in the area and how it separates from the city. This isn't a community trail its more a mountain area with water creek on the side, its actually fascinating to see this in such a big city in riverside. I usually come here and take long walks or just play with my R/C Car. While at the trail i was picturing a big biosphere covering the area i was located at. Within my area there were many trees and bushes clummbed along the water way and inside those trees there were many biotic species such as birds , insects even water life. What interest me the most was when i was looking in the water there were many craw fish , and i thought craw fish came from salt water. It made me think how this species so far from the pacific ocean get to an area like this. Besides the craw fish there are many ducks scattered along the lake .Those were my main focus while i was at the spot, moving along my area there were cactus's in all one spot and living in the cactus's were many bugs spiders, then when i was looking around later i saw many lizards running around the area of the cactus and the bushes. Looking at all these biotic species all in this one spot made it into a community of living creatures and within that they have a food web established to keep the community balanced in its nature. In addition to my trail and to what was in my sphere i feel that the key stone of this area are the insects because if there were no insects there probably wont be lizards and if theirs no lizard theirs no birds which could change the nature of this area drastically.