Field Notes #4 October 28 at 5:30pm

 Field Notes #4 October 28 at 5:30pm


Temperature was approximately 54F˚ with a high of 63F˚ and a low of  45F˚ that day. It was cold enough that i wore pants and a sweat shirt!

Most days it would be cold in the morning and become warmer peaking around 3-5 then the temperature would start to go down as the sun went down.  

Air was also brisk and cold especially with the wind, was not cloudy but also no sunny. 

Sunrise was at 7:38 am with sunset at 7:30 pm, length of day was 11 hours and 52 minutes

Changes noted since last visit-

The entirety of the trail had been cleared of leaves 

They had apearde to be taken care of by a lawn mower that shot them out to the side after chewing them up 


Leaves had fallen in large numbers leaving the tree more bare then last time
As well as the leaves had change to beautiful fall colors



Almost no birds in the tree which is very difrent from previous times. 
No more newly formed mole tunnels

Creatures or critter spotted or assumed to be there-

A crow cawing in the trees
 
A very defensive chittery chipmunk 

A few, 3-6 gray squirrels

Notice, might have bribed squirrel with nut to get that photo


1 black squirrel

Cicadas 

A pondering to ponder on is, why they removed the leaves from the trail?















Comments

  1. hc biologyNovember 2, 2026 at 6:37 PM

    Great pics again and I love how you are integrating them with your descriptions. Your day length is not correct. See me if you have a question on that. Keep watching for patterns in leaf fall and for any other vegetation changes.

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