Study #6 :: Last Field Study :: November 30, 2015

 The time is currently 3:28 p.m. The times for sunrise and sunset today are 7:54 a.m. and 5:11 p.m. The high today was 41 degrees and the low was 38 degrees. It is currently 40 degrees. Today was sunny with clear skies until the end of the day when it became more cloudy. There has still been very little snow here. I hear little to no wildlife, and there is a slight breeze. I'm not really sure what that giant metal thing is in the middle of my last picture. My field study spot has changed significantly since my first picture. Much of the leaves have changed and fallen, and some of the branches were knocked down from fall storms.

(Picture of me at my field study spot)

Study # 5 :: The Leaves Disappeared! :: November 15, 2015

The time is currently 5:19 and the sun is setting. It gets dark much earlier now, and the times for sunrise and sunset today are 7:37 a.m. and 5:19 p.m. The high today was 58 degrees and the low was 50 degrees. It is currently 53 degrees. Today was really beautiful: sunny, not too cold and clear skies. Although many of the trees have lost most of their leaves, the temperatures do not feel as though we are getting closer to winter. I hear much less of the birds at my field study spot, and right now I don't hear any. Much of the ground in the woods is less green much like the trees. You can see a lot more of my neighborhood without the leaves on the trees. The smell in the air reminds me of winter, if that makes any sense. I feel like without as many plants and things that remind me of fall and summer, the absence of there smells reminds me of winter.