Observation 4, Day 2

This site was very very cold. At this site there were no trees to block the wind. The rushing of leaves and the water moving were the present sounds.

The picture above is not very clear, but in this picture was a big flock of geese floating the top of the pond.

Here, you can see evidence of a mole making its way through the ground.

It is very clear that deer roam around the pond. you can observe that by the track that were found near the pond. These tracks looked like the might have belonged to a fairly big deer.

Observation 3, Day 2

By this time in our walk, it was very cold, but the wind was not blowing in these pictures. We were close enough to the road that we could hear the cars in the distance.

 The picture above is a falling tree with a very big mushroom/fungus growth. It was the first time on the whole walk that I saw fungus alone!

Here is a huge patch of fungus growing on a fallen tree. This is only a little section of the growth; it pretty much covered the whole tree.

This last picture looked like it was beginning to rot and as it is in the process of doing so, termites sit down to have a bite!

Observation 2, Day 2

At this site, i couldn'y really feel the wind. It was as if we were in a hole, or there was a wall blocking the wind. I could definitely here the wind though. This picture below was long the creek of this site. It looks like some sort of fungus that might have been cause by the moisture of the creek.

 



This picture is mooorrree fungus. I think there was alot of fungus around here because of the moisture of the creek. It might also just be our school woods like fungus! :)



Observation 1, Day 2

The following pictures are from our second trip outside!

The picture below is of a hole in a pile of dirt. In this hole you could see where something was digging to get inside of the dirt. On this day the wind was constantly blowing, making it very could, but the trees did a fairly good job at blocking the wind, at this site.

The picture below is a pile of deer... poop! Little piles of blue-ish black beads! haha

Here, you can see where termites were eating at a tree. At this site we could here the rushing of the trees because the wind was blowing.

Observation Site 4

In the picture below, my group and I, found what looks like some sort of fungus on the side of a tree. It was colder at this location because we were at the top of a hill and we could feel the wind.

This picture is from the same tree but the opposite side. Here, it looks like a deer might have scrapped the side of the tree.

This log has a huge hole in it, which is obvious, but we believe that this tree might be some sort of shelter to a small animal.



Observation Site 3

This site was down a hill and along a creek. Here we see roots that might have acted like a roof and sheltered a small animal.

The picture below is what my group and I believe are raccoon tracks. You could hear the water flowig here and the wind wasn't as strong so it wasn't as cold.

(Picture by Hali Goad)

This picture is a tree that was terrorized by termites. You can see here that they have eaten the tree to pieces.

Though the picture is not very clear, in this image there is algae along the creek.

(Picture by Hali Goad)

Observation Site 2

This next site was by the water and pond.

(Unfortuantely we did not get any pictures of the pond, which was covered in ice.)

The picture above, is a creek that ran not far from the pond. We were standing at the top a hill when this picture was taken, so we could feel the ice, cold wind blowing. We could also hear the ruslting of leaves at this location. (Picture taken by Katelynn Watson)

This picture above, is from a near by tree. You can see the moss very clearly here. You can also see the snow from the day before, showing that it was still cold enough for the snow to be there. (Picture by Hali Goadd!)

Observation Site 1

This is our group at our first location!

(All the following pictures are from our first observations)

The nest below was at the tip top of a tree. We didn't necessarily see or here the birds that lived in this tree, but we saw and heard other birds. (Picture taken by Katelynn Watson)



This tree, as you can see, was rubbed by some sort of animal. My group and I believe that this tree was rubbed by a deer.



At this site, it was very cold and windy. The sun was out, it definitely was not bringing any heat to us.