Field Study

Thursday, September 29, 2022 Field Notes: Today was the 2nd time I've visited my location in the woods by my house. I went at 6:10 PM and the sun was just starting to go down. It was 59 degrees outside, and it was very sunny, but the air was chilly and there was a little bit of a breeze. The length of today was 12 hours and 10 minutes. Some things I heard were the sounds of the football game going on close to the woods, the wind rustling through the trees, and a few birds singing. Some things I noticed during my visit was the sunlight streaming through the top of the trees, a few squirrels running around, and the wind picking up leaves along the path. I could feel the path beneath my feet, and I felt the creek water, which was very cold. Here's the picture of the woods I took during my visit: One change I noticed changed in the woods today, was this creek. It was previously dried out during my last visit, but because of the rain lately I found that it had a lot of water in it: ...

 Wednesday, September 8, 2022 Hello! My name is Ruthie Ryden and this is going to be my field study blog, which will show all of the exciting parts of nature I get to look at and observe over the next few weeks! First, here is the 30x30 are that I'm going to be observing and taking notes on: This is an overhead shot of the woods I am going to be studying. The image below shows a general map that I created that shows the layout of the area I will be in.  Here is an intro video from my first visit to my location: 1st Field Notes These were some observations I took while visiting my location this week:  I visited on Thursday, September 8 at 6:43 PM. It was around 75 degrees, and was pretty sunny outside, but because I was in the woods, it was shady because of the trees. This was my visit visit to my location in the woods. There was a lot going on in the woods today.  I saw a woman walking her dog, chipmunks and squirrels, and even a bunny hopping along the trail. When I...