Owen's Field Study

Date: 9/20/25 Present climate conditions: Dry and sunny (although it did storm quite a bit after I took my notes) Length of day: 12 hours, 17 minutes Temperature: 80 degrees Fahrenheit Changes since last visit:  - Aphids appeared on witch hazel leaves.  - Some plants were trampled or eaten by animals, especially Jack in the pulpits. These plants have berries that are toxic to humans but can be eaten by some birds. See images below: You can see some of the damage done by bugs and/or animals on the lower leaf of the plant closest to this text. - The mushrooms I noticed last visit are now both gone. I wonder what the cause of this is? Animals? - Silvery glade ferns have started dying. Many are no longer fully bright green, but are turning brown.  Organisms smelled, felt, heard, or seen, etc:  - Small animal holes in side of hill near stream - Worm hiding in leaves near site 1 - Mosquitos flying and landing on me - Aphids on witch hazel (see above) - Ants crawling on tre...

EDD:  Experimental Design Diagram Here is the map with locations labeled (these correspond to the data table ). I will refer to these locations in the explanations of some of my pictures.  Sound map: - Sounds that continued for the full time I was out there are marked "Continuous."  - If I heard noises multiple times, I wrote the noise where I heard it. For example, the word "Squirrel" is marked a few times in the same area because the squirrel moved a few feet.  - Arrows indicate that the source of the noise is off the page. Field sketch of "Jack in the Pulpit" plant: - Numbers correspond to the things I noticed and are explained on the bottom right corner.  Images were taken on 9/20/2025 unless indicated otherwise. Animal hole in the side of a hill near a dead tree The ants crawling on the logs on the above pictures are at almost the middle of the screen. These Silvery Glade ferns were growing near site one on the map. They were fully green on my first v...

Date: 9/8/25 Present climate conditions: dry, sunny Length of day: 12 hours, 49 mins Temperature: 69 degrees Fahrenheit Changes since last visit: none Organisms smelled, felt, heard, or seen, etc: small plant leaves brushing against my leg, water, mud on my shoes.  Another picture from the same place every time: Other questions: - Why do some areas of the creek have more sand and others have more dirt?

Field study part 1 Field study intro video below: EDD:  Experimental Design Diagram Here is the  data table . Map of area： Map with sections labeled (see data table below) Images of plants (names listed below each picture): Periwinkle Horsetail Poison Ivy White Oak Leopard Frog Jack in the Pulpit This is me in one specific area. I will take a picture in this area every time I add to my field study.