Visit #7

Date: November 24, 2010

Time: 4:16 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Overcast, occasional light showers

Temperature: 38˚

Length of Day: 9 hours, 25 minutes  

Sign of Organisms: The usual, a few squirrels. 

Other Observations: All the leaves are on the ground, and it's really, really cold.

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Visit #6

Date: November 15, 2010

Time: 3:47 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Sunny, partly cloudy, minimal wind

Temperature: 52˚

Length of Day: 9 hours, 45 minutes  

Sign of Organisms: Lots and lots of squirrels. I rolled over a log, and there were a ton of rollie-pollies. I also found some of these holes - maybe a chipmunk or something. 

Other Observations: Basically all the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray - I'm just California Dreamin' on a winters day. 

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Visit #5

Date: October 25, 2010

Time: 4:46 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Partly sunny, 40 MPH winds

Temperature: 67˚

Length of Day: 10 hours, 36 minutes  

Sign of Organisms: I heard some birds, but other than that - nothing. 

Other Observations: Almost all the leaves have changed color except for at the very base of the tree. I also noticed some shiny stuff in the water, which I tested apart from the regular sample, but it didn't effect the amount of phosphorus in the water.

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Visit #4

Date: October 13, 2010

Time: 3:54 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Overcast

Temperature: 62˚

Length of Day: 11 hours, 9 minutes  

Sign of Organisms: I heard barely any birds and so barely any squirrels. It's getting pretty quiet. 

Other Observations: The leaves seem to be falling more from the taller and bigger trees. It also seems like the more exposed the tree is, the more red/orange/yellow it's leaves are. As you can see in the 4th picture of "Lay of the Land", the trees are more covered, and their leaves are more green - this is the same way even in the weekly photo. 

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Visit #3

Date: October 5, 2010

Time: 3:58 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Sunny, Minimal wind

Temperature: 62˚

Length of Day: 11 hours, 32 minutes 

Sign of Organisms: So there was this squirrel digging under a long, and after it left I walked over and looked at the whole. It was actually pretty deep...I think it was burying some acorns.  

Other Observations: It's fall! The leaves are changin' color like crazy. 

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Visit #2

Date: September 24, 2010

Time: 5:34 PM

Present Climate Conditions: Sunny, 40 MPH Winds

Temperature: 68˚

Length of Day: 11 hours, 34 minutes 

Sign of Organisms: I saw plenty of squirrels, and heard plenty of birds. I also found these weird little holes in a tree. I don't really know what they are, but they're weird. 

Other Observations: The leaves are changing color - just a little bit. 

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