4th visit, cold, but many more to come

6:30-7:00pm, 46 F˚ Monday October 31, 2011.






Walking out to my field study area I could see and smell that fall is in the air. As I was walking out a large  bird flew out of the trees. It could have been a hawk or a big crow. I went and sat at my normal tree and decided to take a couple pictures to pass the time. I am going to take a picture of the viewing area in front of me and watch it change from month to month.

As I sat out I saw 2 squirrels, a finch, and a red cardinal. They all seemed to be enjoying the fall air and the fact that the leaves were turning color and falling to the ground. Tonight was halloween and the animals were definitely on the move! They were also making a ton of noise. Birds were making noise all around me, but I could not identify where they came from. Have a happy halloween and expect more blogs from here on out.

3rd Visit Nice Day

Squirrel in tree

It was a nice day today on 10/24/2011. The day was quiet and warm after the previous week of rain and chills. The ground was dry and covered with crispy leaves despite the rain in the early morning. I think that the animals were still hunkered down into their nests in the forest by my house. I did not see as much movement as I would have hoped for such a beautiful day. Early on while my friend was out there helping me take pictures we spotted a squirrels nest high up in a tree and I planned to keep a look out on it. Sitting there for 15 minutes I saw a squirrel in the trees running around and could not get my camera up intime to snap a picture. Instead I got a picture of the nest that it went into that I had spotted earlier while my friend was out there still. About 20 minutes in I saw another squirrel in the trees right out in front of me a ways (As the squirrel nest was to the left of me). Right as a I was leaving to go to my house  and meet back up with my friend I saw what looked like to be a small finch flying around, but i could not get a clear picture of the little thing. I have pictures here of me sitting next to my control variable of my sitting tree and the view it gives me straight forwards. Also I have pictures of the squirrel nest and the other squirrel I saw. Over all I got some good data today and I hope you look forward to seeing my next post on 10/31/2011; hope you are looking forward to it.

Squirrel nest in tree. 

Controlled variable of my sitting tree

Forward view of my sitting tree