Sara's Field Study

 Time: October 20 at 2:45 pm Temperature: 61° F Weather: Cloudy Day length: 10 hours, 24 minutes (8:15am-6:39pm) Observations: Most of the trees had lost their leaves and I think this happened fairly recently as the leaves on the ground hadn't started to decompose yet, they were still very bright and crunchy. I also noticed a few cricket sounds. In general everything in my area has become pretty dead. I also noticed that a lot of the leaves on the ground were bright red. Changes: At my last visit there were still a lot of leaves on the trees but at this one they all seemed to have fallen. I wonder if this was caused by the cold and rainy weather we had this past week. I also noticed very few bird sounds, i only heard around two the entire trip. Pictures panorama of my area  Lots of leaves that look like they just fell one of the leaves (I think its a red maple, witch would explain the color, but I'm not positive) Leaf color and fall research North South East  West. As I m...

  Time: October 9, 2:40pm Temperature: 61° F Weather: Mostly cloudy  Day Length: 11 hrs 40 minutes (7:51 am - 7:11 pm) Observations:  There was lots of bird activity during this visit. I heard lots of birds in all parts of my area but especially in one area where there are some trees but not a lot. I noticed that more trees had yellow or red leaves instead of green leaves. I also noticed that a lot of small insects around. One interesting thing I found as that all they yellow weeds or flowers I saw in my first visit had changed and were fuzzy(see picture below). I also noticed that one tree was bright red(see picture below) and I wonder what that one is so much different than all the other trees.  Changes: This time there was a lot more bird sounds and I think that is because it was very nice outside. I'm also starting to notice that things are starting to die as it gets colder. Things like small trees or bushes. I also saw a lot more of the New England Aster this vi...