Marie's Field Study

This will be my last post for this project. When I started my field study in early September, we were reaching the end of summer and falling into the autumn season. Now we are nearing the end of fall and heading into winter. My 30x30 spot at the park has changed a lot since September, but it's been beautiful in every season. I think that points to how awesome God is. He made each season beautiful in its own unique way! Here are all of the panoramas and same spot photos, in order from September 3 to November 27, so you can enjoy the seasonal change too! All of the Panoramas September 3, 2023 September 24, 2023 October 7, 2023 October 28, 2023 November 13, 2023 November 27, 2023 Same Spot Photos Thanks for reading this blog!

Final Visit     Today I made my last field visit for this project. It was snowing today, so it was a perfect day for my last field study. The snow made the park look so beautiful!  It was also very cold outside, so I made a shorter visit than usual. I would have loved to spend more time at the park though.      I really enjoyed this project. I normally don't have a lot of time to be outdoors, so it was fun to have an excuse to go to the park. I've enjoyed taking in the beauty of God's creation while also  making observations and learning something new. God's world is really amazing and I think I appreciate it more after all this time outside! Field Notes Date :  Monday, November 27, 2023 Time : 3:40pm-3:55pm Climate Conditions :  Snow showers, cloudy Temperature :  28℉ Length of Day : 7:19am-5:44pm (9 hours, 21 minutes) Organism Observations :     I saw more birds' nests. Some were big, others were small. The biggest nests were...

Today was a beautiful day, and I made some exciting observations! Field Notes Date : Monday, November 13, 2023 Time : 3:25pm-3:45pm Climate Conditions :  Sunny, clear blue skies Temperature : 55℉ Length of Day : 7:03am-5:54pm (10 hours, 51 minutes) Organism Observations :     My most exciting observation was also the first observation I made when I got to my spot. I looked down at the trail and I was so excited to see two types of animal tracks! There were deer tracks throughout the trail, and the other set of tracks came from an animal I couldn't identify. They were paw prints with long claws. Each paw print had 4 claws. I'm thinking it might be a raccoon. Of course, it could have been a dog, but dogs don't usually have very long claws, so I think the tracks were from a wild animal. I was really excited when I found the animal tracks. One of the reasons I chose this specific area of the park for my field study was because I hoped to see animal tracks (There were wild ...