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Visit #4- October 27

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 Date: October 27, 2026 Time Visited: 4:22pm-4:27pm Present Climate Condition: Partially sunny/ cloudy Temperature: High of 63, low of 48 degrees Farenheit. It was 59 degrees Farenheit at the time I visited. Length of Day: 8:12am sunrise, 6:44pm sunset. Last light 7:13pm.   Organisms smelled: earthy smell of leaves on the ground, fresh air Organisms felt: Red leaf, green plant, fuzzy green moss, tall grass. The leaves were all very dry and rough feeling.  Organisms seen: Bare branches of trees, pine needles, bright green moss, leaf with white spots, little white flowers, tall grass, flies, and a variety of different colored leaves- yellow, orange, brown, and green.  Changes noticed since last visit: The field is even more dry and not looking very lively. There are leaves everywhere covering the ground. The trees are in full color. Very few trees are still green, and some have already lost their leaves. I also noticed quite a few pine needles dried up on the grou...

Visit #3- October 7

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Date: October 7, 2026 Time Visited: 4:50pm-4:55pm Present Climate Condition: Sunny, clear skies Temperature: High of 68, low of 58 degrees Farenheit. It was 66 degrees Farenheit at the time I visited. Length of Day: 7:48am sunrise, 7:15pm sunset. Last light 7:43pm.   Organisms smelled: Fresh air, pine trees, wet wood.  Organisms felt: 2 different mushrooms, green plant, fuzzy green moss, damp wood, dry leaves, straw-like tall grass. The mushrooms felt kind of rubbery.  Organisms seen: Bright green moss, a bird, mushrooms, flowers, plant with white spots, tall grass, flies, and many different colored leaves- yellow, orange, brown, and green.  Changes noticed since last visit: The grass in the field was more dry compared to visit #2. The purple flowers were looking a little less lively as well. I noticed a few plants that had white spots on them which I thought was interesting and hadn't seen before. I did a little research, and it's most likely powdery mildew, a ...

Sketches from visit #2- September 16

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Visit #2- September 16

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Date: September 16 Time Visited: 7:00-7:05pm Present Climate Condition: Cloudy Temperature: High of 72, low of 64 degrees Farenheit. It was 70 degrees Farenheit at the time I visited. Length of Day: 7:25am sunrise, 7:52pm sunset. Last light 8:21pm.   Organisms smelled: pine trees, wet soil, leaves.  Organisms felt: fuzzy green moss, damp leaves and wood, straw-like tall grass, yellow and purple flowers, and rough tree bark.  Organisms seen: Bright green moss, white eggs, bees, pine tree, flowers, green plants, grass, clover.  Changes noticed since last visit: The grass in the field appears a little lighter colored and dried out compared to last visit, but still pretty green overall. There were also a few leaves in the trees that were beginning to change color. Overall Impression:  It is still pretty green and alive. I heard crickets chirping continuously in the field, I heard birds chirping several times in the trees on the upper-right side of my plot, and ...

Intro video to my field study

Visit #1- August 31

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 Date: August 31 Time: 8:10-8:15pm Present Climate Condition: Humid, cloudy.  Temperature: High of 81, low of 73. It was 77 degrees Farenheit at the time I visited. Length of Day: 7:08 am to 8:21 pm.  Organisms smelled: pine trees, wet wood, deer poop. Organisms felt: wet leaves, tall grass, rough tree bark.  Organisms seen: beetle, crickets, flies, trees, flowers, bushes, plants, grass.  Overall Impression: It is very green and alive. There is a variety of trees and plants, lots of deer poop, and thick tall grass.

Sound Map

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