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Lake Chapala Area Flora and Fauna

This area is rich in biodiversity, with an ever changing cast of critters and blooms and flying creatures. The weather seems almost unchanging, except the contrast between wet and dry seasons, but the subtle changes in temperature and moisture and hours of daylight all dramatically affect the plants and animals who live around us.

The snowy north drives many birds down this way, not for the warmth -- most can tolerate cold quite well -- but because their food goes dormant for the season, so they need to go where the bugs and blooms and seeds are available year-round.

The amazing fecundity of our lake, which produces fish and waterbugs and aquatic plants in such abundance that it can feed the many local fishermen and still have plenty left for the huge flocks of birds that feed along its shores, never ceases to amaze me. On shore, life is only limited by the seasonal lack of water, so it bursts forth in abundance during the rainy season, but goes relatively dormant in the dry winter/spring.

Join us as we try to learn more about the plants, insects, fish, mammals, snakes, and other creatures of nature that inhabit our area, both wild and domestic. We will also be keeping a weekly nature journal in which we record our observations about the seasonal changes, creatures seen and so forth.

• Weekly Nature Journal
• Jacaranda Tree
• Scorpions