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Will's Field Study Thursday, September 29, 2022 Field Visit 2 on September 27 Field Notes:  Time of Visit - 5:50-6:30 PM Climate Conditions - Mostly cloudy, a light drizzle right as we were leaving the trails, a medium breeze Temperature - 52°F Length of Day - 11 hours, 55 minutes (sunrise was at 7:37 AM, and the sunset was at 7:32 PM) Observations -   In my plot of land, I unfortunately wasn’t able to see many creatures this week. I saw quite a few ants on top of flowers (mainly yellow and white ones) though, which I thought was quite interesting. Perhaps they are feeding on the nectar while they still can, as there aren’t many flowers anymore.  Like last time, I heard lots of crickets/grasshoppers, particularly in this grassy bank next to/in what normally is the pond. I would say that there was continuous noise coming from these insects. I also heard some bird calls, specifically chickadees (I think I counted six different chickadee calls, not including all t...

Will's Field Study Friday, September 9, 2022 Field Visit 1 on September 7 Introduction to My Field Study: This year in Biology, I am going to be doing my Field Study in Farview's Nature Trails. Below you can find an introduction video to the land, as well as two maps, one with a bird's eye view, and one being a drawing of the general layout. Video: Maps: Field Notes: Time of Visit - 5:10-5:40 Climate Conditions - Sunny, clear skies, light breeze Temperature - 73°F Length of Day - 12 hours, 58 minutes (sunrise was at 7:15 AM, and the sunset was at 8:08 PM) Organisms - I saw lots of insects, like dragonflies, crickets, and grasshoppers. I heard a few tree frogs, and I saw some deer and raccoon tracks (they were just outside my plot of land, but I thought that I would mention it, especially because it shows what animals inhabit this area) It is a little hard to see, but there is a raccoon track in this mud where the pond normally is Changes - This was my first visit, so I was ...