Field Study #3

Date: October 2
Time: 5:55 
Present Climate Conditions: Sunny, blue sky (no clouds), breezy, cool
Temperature: 61 degrees
Length of Day: 7:50 AM - 7:12 PM

Today was a good day to visit my field study location. I heard some birds chirping, some buzzing of insects and I also heard the traffic because there is a highway by the spot I am studying. I saw people/ cars pulling in to the parking lot, a person fishing, and 2 people walking around with a dog. I also observed a decomposing turtle in the water and as I got closer you could smell it and I also smelled the grass that recently looked like it had been mowed. The grass being mowed is a change from last time. I felt the warmth of the sun and I also saw that is was starting to go down on the horizon and that can also be a change from last time since I have been going to my field study earlier in the afternoon, this one was a little later. I could also see through the trees better because the leaves are continuing to fall off since it is later in the season. Another change from my last visit (2nd) I have noticed is that the leaves are turning more yellow and are brighter than they were, because at my last visit (2nd) they were greener. More leaves were off and the trees were more bare. I also did not see any minnows along the edge of the water and the last couple of times I saw several of them. I also saw a little more algae in the water this time.