Duckweed is a producer that creates their own food/energy using photosynthesis.

The snail is a consumer that will eat the producer.

A large grayish-blue bird with long legs and a sharp beak pulls the snail out of the water.

Bacteria decompose the mystery animal's scat when it falls in the water.

This tall plant grows big and has a giant yellow flower that makes a bunch of crunchy seeds.

A Northern cardinal eats the mystery organism's seeds and has enough energy to lay a few eggs.

An egg falls from the nest and an opossum walks by and eats it.

The mushroom recycles the eggshell when it gets buried.

The cottonwood is usually the biggest producer that grows in the beach/foredune area.

Beetles feed on the roots and leaves of the cottonwood tree.

Toads feed on the beetles.

This organism lives in the soil, breaking down the toads and beetles after they die while wriggling its long slimy body.

Invasive Asian Bittersweet produce many red berries that look tasty to animals but are not nutritious.

This consumer with a long bushy tail is thought to only eat acorns, but also eats fruits and sometimes bugs.

The berries make the mystery animal sluggish, which makes it easy prey for a wandering coyote.

Molds break down the parts that coyote left behind.