Field Study #4

 Date: November 1

Time: 4:00-4:30 

Weather: Mostly cloudy

Temperature: 65 °F 

Length of day: 10 hours, 21 minutes 

Observations: Today I noticed a lot more change in my plot of land. It was also a little different today because I went later than I normally have. I normally have gone in the mid afternoon but this seemed like it was getting closer to the evening. I think part of that also was because it wasn't as bright and sunny as it has been before as we are getting farther into fall. It also is getting colder outside as well everything just seems to be preparing for winter. Most of the leaves are now off the trees so my plot of land seems to feel more empty and bare. I can much more easily see through the woods farther and outside of it now that there isn't heavy greenery covering everywhere. The colorful and now browning leaves covered the ground and were in the water everywhere. I heard a lot of bugs continuously and some leaves falling here and there. I think I heard and saw maybe 2 birds as well. Overall though especially compared to other days it felt very silent. I think part of that was because it was not windy at all today so the wind wasn't moving the trees and I also think part of it also might be that we are getting into fall and it is less busy. When I was on the far edge of my plot of land I think I might have heard something walking but I wasn't completely sure and I couldn't find anything so I am not sure. I have also seen so many deer tracks on all of my field studies. I was kind of hoping to see one sometime but I don't think I am normally coming at quite the right time of day and they are clearly scared of humans so I'm not sure if I will actually see them. The water felt very cold today and was moving some but not super fast. The mushroom that I have been seeing every time is continuing to become more brown and purplish. I also noticed a lot of roots hanging out from the banks today I saw them on both sides and there are a lot of them. Its interesting how the dirt has eroded over time to make them like that and I think it continues to do that. I noticed a lot of different holes in the dirt that were probably made by animals this time as well. This visit I decided to try doing panorama pictures so I did several of those as well to get a better view of my plot of land. Some of them turned out good others were not quite right but it was good to try and an interesting feature. On one of the trees in my plot of land the bark was peeling of a branch. It looked very unique. I am not sure exactly how it is coming off like that but it is interesting how God created all of nature to be so unique and different. 

 

This is my favorite panorama.

Now that most of the leaves are gone I can see through the trees to the field on the other side better. 

The mushroom I have been studying is continuing to change color. Its a brownish purplish color on the edges and middle. 

I found this spot very interesting because the bark was kind of bending off from the tree.

I saw lots of spots where branches and sticks had gotten built up and stuck in different areas. 

The picture on the left is the general area where I thought I heard something walking. The picture on the right is of me in my plot of land. 

Lots of exposed roots and also in the middle of the picture on the right there is a part of a tree that has eroded a lot since I started doing field studies. 

I also did a sound map this time.