Avery's Field Study

  Field Notes #3: 10/13/26 7:26 a.m. Climate Conditions: light breeze, warm(for October!!), humid(77%) Temperature: 69 degrees Length of Day: 11 hours and 11 minutes (sunrise: 7:55 a.m. sunset: 7:06 p.m)   Observations: I noticed that there were LOTS more leaves on the ground. The ground was also much more dry than the last time I was there, I don't think that it has rained in awhile. The last thing that I noticed was that a big branch/tree had fallen just outside of my 30x30(see last picture above) Questions: How long do dead trees stay standing? Do they ever fall just because they are dead or does something else have to influence them falling?

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  Field Notes #2: 9/27/26 6:01 p.m. Climate conditions: light breeze, partly cloudy, sun, 64% humidity Temperature: 65 degrees Length of Day: 11 hours and 55 minutes (sunrise:7:37 a.m. sunset:7:32 p.m.) Observations:  I noticed that the area looked fairly similar but I saw more leaves on the ground. I also heard a lot less birds than the my last study. Questions: I wonder if there are less birds because they are starting to migrate for the winter? When do birds in Michigan migrate for the winter? What birds stay in Michigan for winter?

My sketch is of a milkweed plant. I found it just off to the side of the trail in some tall grass. I drew for about 15 minutes. I really enjoyed drawing this and I liked how there was a little grass hopper on one of the milkweed leaves.  

  This is my sound map. It is a little hard to see (sorry!) I listened for about 4 minutes.  All of the things I heard: bird sacada plane person talking dog bark squirrel in a tree bzz of a fly by my ear bunny in clearing tree branch tree branch falling birds in a tree x100

This is my 30x30 box from the birds eye view. This is the map I drew of my 30x30. You can see the building and then the path. The box represents my 30x30 area. There are lots of trees that are surrounding a clearing type thing. There is also a lot shrubbery, grass, and weeds in my clearing.