Field Study 3

Date and time:  Friday, October 11, 2024 at 1:00

Present climate conditions: Partly cloudy


Temperature: 68 degrees  


length of day: 11 hours and 13 minutes 


organisms smelled, felt, heard, or seen, etc (sketches/photos/video where possible) 


Water: The water was really low this time. The average depth of the pond when I looked across it was about two feet. Because of this I didn't see kind of bigger bass or bluegill. I did see a decent amount of minnows swimming in the shallow water. All of the minnows in the shallow water have grow a lot since the first field study, some of them being about 2 inches. There was no algae growth what so ever, and the water was perfectly clear.


Meadow/Beach: The beach is enormous because of the low water table. There is a four foot section of beach in some areas. The meadow is also very dry, with most of the moss and grass looking dormant or dead. I had to did about 3 inches into the soil to feel any kind of most sand/dirt.


Woods: The woods was very dry as well, and the moss looked pretty dry. There was an excessive amount of pine cones on the ground as well.  The colors were starting to change, but very dull. 


Changes noticed since last visit: Everything was dry, and the leaves were starting fall on the sassafras and oak trees. The water table was even lower than any of the last visits due to lack of rain. The minnows in the water had grown, and the was weather colder.  There was no algae.


Question: The sassafras leaves in the pictures below have a bunch of spots on them. Is that because of the dryness lately? Let me know your thoughts!


Pictures:























Sassafras leaves changing color:













Sassafras saplings

Oak leaves changing color

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Pond/ low water level


Same pictures from last time:

Comments

  1. hc biologyOctober 19, 2024 at 10:19 AM

    Great pictures and observations! Bonus if you figure out your sassafras question...just post the answer and link your source(s) with your next visit post.

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