Biology Nature Blog

  Date of Visit: October 31, 2024 Time: 3:53pm-4:24pm (31 minutes) Length of Day: 8:18am-6:37pm (10 hours 19 minutes) Temperature: 63°F Weather Conditions: Cloudy, a little rain at the start Organisms: Felt: Trees, leaves Heard: Birds Seen: Trees and other plants Smelled: Dirt and wet plants Leaves were absolutely everywhere, in the water and all over the floor. I still barely see any organisms, not even squirrels. There was a new fallen tree since my last visit along with the fallen leaves, could've been wind or an organism but I am unsure. No frogs anymore probably till it gets to spring again so we'll have to see if there is anything interesting that'll happen, but this is a pretty silent and calm location.

  Date of Visit: October 15, 2024 Time: 3:43pm - 3:58pm Length of Day: 7:58am-7:01pm (11 hours 2 minutes) Temperature: 52°F Weather Conditions: Mostly sunny, little cloudy Organisms: Felt: Trees, fallen leaves Heard: Rustling leaves in the distance Seen: Falling leaves everywhere, trees, red berries, smaller plants that are still green Smelled: Dirt, Trees The trees themselves in my location had mostly green leaves, the colorful leaves seem to just fall to the ground so it looks like the trees are still green. The frogs were gone this time, some holes in the ground filled. Water in the creek was running, sometimes during the visit it isn't as much but this time you could see the water moving. Saw some animal tracks next to the water, picture of one of them below:

  Date of Visit: September 29, 2024 Time: 5:31pm - 6:04pm Length of Day: 11 hours 48 minutes (7:40am-7:28pm) Temperature: 78°F Weather Conditions: Sunny ☀️ Organisms:  Felt: Trees, Dirt, Mud, Bugs. Heard: Bugs (especially right next to my ear basically the whole visit), rustling where squirrels were, splashing in water. Seen: Plants (more than last visit), Trees, Fallen leaves, 2 squirrels, 1-2 organisms with crab-like claws, couple frogs. Smelled: Dirt, combination of plants and animals, not one distinct smell. Clawed Organism Pictures: Frog Jumps off Into the Water

Date of Visit: September 8, 2024 Time: 6:50pm - 7:05pm Length of Day: 12 hours 47 minutes (7:19-8:07) Temperature: 69°F Weather Conditions: Sunny, no breeze Organisms: Felt: Trees, Plants Heard: Frog splashing, Constant bug chirping Seen: Water Striders across the water, saw a squirrel Smelled: The plants, and something like a dead fish  While at my location while walking next to the creek a couple organisms that I am guessing are frogs jump into the water and do so before I see them. Some spots pool up with water, while others are a little more dry.