Observation 1

My sample is # 7 - water taken from a birdbath.

The only life visible in the sample is a type of microorganism that I have not yet identified. There are very many of them located everywhere in the sample, but most profusely at the bottom of the water in the "scum" taken from the birdbath. They are visible using the 4X objective on the microscope.

The microorganisms are swimming in the water and the scum, but some are more stationary in the scum. They move like inchworms, and a few have swum to the moss at the top of the water (added by me). They are probably multi-cellular, with a clear orange-ish color (non-photosynthetic).

The microorganisms swim linearly; their method of propulsion is unknown so far.

There are also organisms that are shaped like round balls attached to parts of the scum, with the same coloring as the swimming organisms, so I think that they are either eggs or just sleeping microorganisms.

There is one spinning green shell that is shaped like a nautilus, but I can't tell so far if it is something alive, or just an empty shell being spun by something else.