First Visit

My first visit to the woods was today, tuesday 9/20/2011. I went out onto the nature trail right behind my house and walked out to my field study area. It was a crisp clear night and I sat at the base of a big tree. I sat there from 7pm to 8pm. This will be my set time to go out to my study area and take data along with the day being tuesday. As I sat out there it was still bright and there was birds singing everywhere. I knew it was only a matter of time until the area around me would begin to settle down after me walking through it. Not even 10 minutes passed and I heard rustling and a chipmunk pops out of nowhere and runs past me. Aslo a little later I saw a squirrel and a bird in trees running around. As it got closer and closer to 8pm more insects and their noises came with them. As it got close to going inside I noticed everything around me. The slight yellowing in the leaves and also how they were rustling in the leaves. This is my first visit and there is going to be many more in the future!