Field Study #4

 Field Notes: 

  • Date: October 24, 2025

  • Time: 4:03 pm

  • Temperature: 49˚F

  • Conditions: Cloudy, no rain

  • Sunrise: 7:57 am

  • Sunset: 6:36 pm

  • Length of day: 10 hours and 39 minutes

  • Sounds: I heard birds chirping, someone mowing their yard nearby, and a couple of cars. I also heard a squirrel making quite a few sounds. It sounded almost like squawking.

  • Sights: I saw trees, bushes, and algae, along with other plants and many dead leaves. I also saw a squirrel.

  • Changes: It is starting to look a lot different. There seems to be a lot less algae than previously, and there are a lot more leaves today.

  • Notices: I noticed that there are a lot of leaves in the water, partially because of the reduction in algae making the bottom visible, but I think partially it was due to the leaves falling.

  • Questions: Why is everything else seeming to lessen, but the mushrooms are growing a lot?


This is the picture that I take every time.

I saw a squirrel and it was almost chirping.


These were some of the mushrooms I saw.


I thought these two pictures were just really pretty.



I took this picture to show the reduction in algae.

Comments

  1. hc biologyNovember 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM

    Great pictures to show some of your observations! Think about the moisture levels and rain related to the fungi...does that make some sense? If not, let's have a conversation. Keep watching for patterns in the color change and leaf fall!

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