Schipper Field Study

Picture from today Notes: Date and time:  Wednesday November 30, 2022, 3:45 Climate and present weather:  The temperature is around 31 degrees it was raining pretty hard last night. its not raining anymore but it got cold really quick there is a slight wind going north at about 10 miles per hour and gusts of about 16 miles per hour. It is slightly snowing nothing crazy but compared to last time there is no snow.  Temperature:  31 degrees, 3 degrees colder than last time.   Length of day:  9 hours and 17 minutes Organisms:  compared to last time it is dead, there is such a quiet feeling to the woods from when i started to now. i have notices several changes in the animals that are around. I can tell that the squirrels are getting ready for hibernation as I can see many nests around the pond area and the woods. there are also a lot of deer prints in the mud from the rain and there are deer on the cameras.  Changes since I was last there:  ...

  Notes: Date and time:  Tuesday November 15, 2022, 3:00pm Climate and present weather: The temperature is around 34 degrees, it is pretty cloudy and there is a breeze that is around 12 miles per hour. its very dry out and feels like it could snow but I don't think it will. its been snowing all day kinda on and off. The temperature is about a 30 degree difference from last time I can tell the weather is turning towards winter. And the snow provides more of a quiet feeling to the woods.  Temperature:  34 degrees, 30 degrees colder than last time.   Length of day: 9 hours and 45 minutes Organisms:  I found and compared the fungi I found last time and it was dead and like shriveled up on the side of the log. also as i walked back there were not frogs jumping into the pond nor were there cricket noises. I did see and hear some squirrels chattering along with maybe a deer that ran away into the woods when I got there. Changes since I was last there: a defin...

  Notes Date and time:  Monday October 31, 2022 Climate and present weather:  There is a lot of cloud cover, It had rained overnight and it is kinda drizzling so it is a little bit damp, the air felt kinda thick almost like kinda a fog.  Temperature:  The temperature today is 60 degrees this is cooler than the last time that I came Length of day : 10 hours 21 minutes Organisms:  When I walked up to the pond there were frogs that were still chirping and this surprised me because of the weather. As i walked further into the woods I saw that the log was growing new moss and fungi. Then there were 3 deer that ran away about 80 yards away from me, I noticed there were scrapes on trees from bucks and that was probably why. I went hunting the night before and I saw a few doe but no bucks. There are plenty of signs of bucks thought.  Changes since I was last there: There were a lot more dead leaves and you could notice the woods looking less full than usual an...