Paul's Field study

I visited my field study location, the sanctuary woods bowl, on Wednesday, November 29. I arrived at 5:05 P.M. and left at 5:30. It was around 38 degrees at the time of my visit, and the skies were  clear, although the sun was setting. It was a 9 hour and 18 minute day. The trees have changed significantly since my last visit, with the trees being almost completely empty of leaves. The leaves are all on the ground now, and the branches and limbs are bare. Some grey, hard, shell like plants I have seen in visits before have now bursted, releasing their seeds with a fluffy white piece around them. I saw a brown squirrel in the woods towards the south end of the bowl. I could also hear two birds, one chirping and the other squawking, although I don't know what type of birds they were. There seemed to be no insects left at all, probably hibernating for the winter.

I visited the sanctuary woods bowl on Wednesday, November 15. I arrived at 5:30 P.M. and left at 6:00. It was around 44 degrees at the time of my visit, and the weather was dark clouds covering the sky, with light rain. It was a 9 hour and 44 minute day. There was a lot of change since my last visit in terms of the trees/vegetation. All the leaves had ceased to be bright colors, and had become a dark brown. Fallen leaves were also all over the ground beneath the trees. I heard a cicada's high pitched noise to the north, it was somewhere beyond the bowl in the woods. I could also hear the lake very loudly, and when I climbed to the top of the bowl I could see it was very wavy. I did not visually see any organisms on this visit, and the only one I heard was the cicada.