Field Study #3

Date: October 12 
Time: 4pm - 5pm
Weather: Clear, sunny, mild breeze, warm
Temperature: 69°F
Length of day: 11 hours, 15 minutes

Observations: My plot of land has definitely been changing. The biggest reason is the leaves; they have been turning colors and falling. The leaves are scattered all over my plot of land now. It feels a lot more empty and open now that the leaves are falling. I even felt many leaves fall on me. I think the water was higher today than my last visit but it was pretty still, not moving super fast. The big mushroom has turned more purply/reddish brown on the edges and middle. It also has lots of leaves sitting in it. I wonder what will happen to it as winter comes.  I think it will die more but I wonder if it will fall off the log or just decompose on it or something else. I noticed lots of green moss on trees. I think this might have stood out to me more because a lot of the other greenery is gone. I heard and saw more birds than normal this visit. I did a sound map as well and the main features I heard were: birds, insects, the trees moving in the wind, and leaves falling.  I also noticed many more unique things this visit. I found a deep looking hole in the side of the bank that an animal must have dug and maybe lives in. It might have always been there but I never noticed it or it also could've been recently dug. I also wonder what type of animal lives in it. Today I also picked up some burrs that I thought were interesting. I found two different types on my sweatshirt. One of them I saw before I even left the woods and the other I didn't see what plant it was from. I thought this was interesting. God made all kinds of different plants with different textures and functions. Its interesting how intricate and complex God made nature. 

These are some animal tracks I found. 

This is the animal burrow/hole I found

This shows some leaves changing color and bare branches. 

This is the big mushroom with leaves in it. 

I could see the structure of this tree even better this time because there were less leaves. 

This is the moss I noticed on the same tree. 

On the left is another cool view of my plot and the leaves in the creek from a lower view point. Then on the right is a picture of me and the many leaves in the creek. 

This is a picture of the one type of burr that I saw already when I was in the woods. 

The picture on the left is the type of burr I didn't notice until I was back at my house. Then picture on the right is the same type of burr as the previous two pictures.