Field Study Blog

 Date and Time: November 29, 5:00 Weather: Cloudy and cold, no breeze  Air temperature: 52 degrees Length of day: 9 hours and 19 minutes, Sunrise - 7:54, Sunset - 5:14 Organisms felt, heard, seen etc.  Today was pretty quiet. There weren't a lot of organisms heard or seen for the most part. I saw a few frogs hopping along side of the pond which I wasn't expecting since most of the creatures near the pond aren't visible right now. There was also a bird eating something in the tree which looked like to be a worm. I could hear a few birds flying back and forth from tree to tree but for the most part it was pretty quiet.  Changes since last visit:  I noticed that some of the dead algae that was towards the middle and side of the pond went away. Almost all the leaves have fallen off the plants and trees which the last time I visited there were still a few leaves on the trees. The grass surrounding the post and off to the left near the parking lot is slowing turning m...

Date and Time: November 14, 5:10 Weather: Cloudy and Cold, with a little rain  Air temperature: 32 degrees  Length of Day: 9 hours and 45 minutes, Sunrise - 7:34, Sunset - 5:23  Organisms felt, heard, seen etc:  As the days get shorter, I noticed there aren't as many animals present then when I first started my field study. I saw two deer today walking on the path in front of me away from the water. There were a few noises from a few birds in the area but not as much as when I first started doing my field studies. It was very cloudy out so I didn't see any birds or anything in the sky or I didn't see any fish in the pond like I normally did at the beginning when I first started visiting.  Changes since last visit:  Now, there are no leaves on the trees and there are not many on the ground either meaning the fall season is close to an end. I noticed that the pond keeps getting darker and it almost looks like its getting dirtier every time I come back to visi...

 Date and Time: October 30, 5:45 Weather: Cloudy and cold  Air temperature: 49 degrees  Length of day: 10 hours and 22 minutes, Sunrise- 8:14, Sunset - 6:37 Organisms felt, heard, seen etc: When I went and observed around sunset, it was pretty quit out. There were a few ripples in the water from the fish and I heard some birds coming from the right of the pond in the trees and I could also hear a few cars passing on the road nearby. For the most part it was very quiet which is a change since my first and second visit when it was a little warmer out.  Change since last visit: I noticed that a lot of the algae that was on the pond turned black and was more towards the edge of the pond and not in the middle. A lot of the plants looked dark brown, red or some of them even black and so did the water. There was a lot of trash near the edges of the pond. There is a few leaves on the trees from a distance but no leaves on the trees by the pond. Theres a lot more sticks layin...

Date and Time: October 13, 6:15 Weather: Cloudy, windy and was raining a little Air temperature: 52 degrees  Length of Day: 11 hours and 10 minutes, Sunrise- 6:56, Sunset- 6:07 Organisms felt, heard, seen etc: For the short amount of time that I was there today, I noticed there were not a lot of things that I could hear. I noticed that all the green algae that was on top of the pond turned black and was sitting in clumps at the top of the pond. A distance away I could hear a few squirrels climbing up and down the trees to the left of me but other then that didn't hear really anything else.  Change since last visit: Since my last visit, theres a lot more leaves on the ground and in the pond then in a trees. There are almost no more leaves on the trees surrounding the pond. Some of the bushes surrounding the pond are becoming more of a red color then a green and there are a lot less plants growing along side the pond. 

 Date and Time: September 29, 6:39 Weather: Cloudy, raining a little with a little breeze Air Temperature: 55 degrees  Length of Day: 11 hours and 52 minutes, Sunrise- 7:38, Sunset- 7:31 Organisms felt, heard, seen etc.: As the weather is getting colder, most of the leaves on the trees are falling off I noticed around the pond area. Everything is becoming less green and I noticed there are fewer plants like algae in the pond area. I noticed that there were less bird chirping and more crickets making noises. I didn't noticed any fish or saw any fish in the pond like I did last time I visited. I heard a few squirrels climbing up the trees right to the left of the bridge. I also noticed the pond looked a little darker then the last time I was here which could have something to do with all the plants dyeing as well.  Change since last visit: Not much change, fall colors were starting to show and overall there wasn't as much noise as there was last time I visited.