Saturday, November 10, 2012

Journal Entry #1

Here is my first observation journal entry.  Because it is my first, it is not going to be my best.  Enjoy!


Sunday, October 14, 2012
Late afternoon, 5:45 pm
about 650F
cool, a little bit of sunlight

See
Hear
Feel
Biotic/Abiotic
-standing water
-tree with root growing over a “pond”
-ripples
-ground littered with dead leaves from the many trees
-rocks
-pebbles
-bee, a bumblebee or a yellowjacket
-oak tree with twisted roots, revealed maybe because of erosion
-tiny flying insect, seems similar to the mosquito
-water insect, looks similar to a spider, on the “pond”
-poison oak, not TONS, but some
-hole in the bank of the creek, maybe home to a small animal
-tree, maybe an olive tree
-sound similar to duck, more like a crow
-dog
-cricket sound, maybe with a little bit of frog in it, maybe related to a cicada
-little birds
-maybe a chickadee
-bee
-bird, similar to a woodpecker sound but not the same as I’ve heard before
-movements from birds, the movement of air as they pass
-small animals
-air or wind
-insects, flying or not flying
-dropping leaves
-geese
-stagnant air, no breeze
-rough bark
-hard trees
-poky or spiky leaves, probably from the oak tree
-smooth or slippery rocks
-dry ground, dirt, soil
-smooth leaves
-small bugs or insects, they landed on me while I was observing my study area
Biotic
-dead leaves
-living leaves
-sticks and twigs
-branches
-trees
-roots
-insects
-birds
-bees
-geese
-dog
-bark of a tree

Abiotic
-plastic bottle
-dirt
-rocks
-trash
-water
-air

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