Andrews Field Study

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   November 28, 2023, 5:05 PM Present climate conditions: Sunny, dewy, brisk Temperature 38 Day length 9:20 Today I drove to my field study after theatre tryouts and I was on my way in and kicked up 4 doe (2 on the path and 2 in the field). What a great way to start the final field study! They ran but I managed to get a photo as they were leaving (posted below). Today was kind of a wet day. It snowed for 2 days straight and we had about 4 inches of snow maybe. Well, today warmed up a bit and that snow melted into 2 inches which cuased lots of mud on my walk in. Up in the stand I didn't really hear or see anything, and I relized the crop is looking a little bit more brown. The crop also seems to have reached a max hight at like 7 inches. Seeing those doe today really struck awe in me becuase it made me relize how close these little and not so little creature live to us. God made us to live with them, and sometimes we don't get to stop and witness God's creation all around us...

   November 15, 2023, 8:00 AM Present climate conditions: Sunny, dewy, brisk Temperature 49 Day length 10:11 Today I went before school, early in the morning.  Most of the leaves had fallen since I last visited, but the rye was still growing strong. I think that the snow killed most of the trees and put an end to the leaves falling, but for some reason, the rye is still thriving and green. I heard some birds like always but didn't see any wildlife. Things here are kind of dry and I haven't been getting many pictures lately. Field Sketches:

 October 30, 2023, 5:25PM Present climate conditions: Cloudy, dry, cold, (snowed earlier today) Temperature 38 Day length 11:25 Today was cold. It was the first snow that I saw in a while although later it melted into rain and then during school at the end it looked more partly cloudy and like it wasn't going to snow again. All in all, though I can definitely tell that winter is upon us and I think that when I started it felt like noon at 5:30 but at 5:30 now it feels more like 7 pm because of the change in daylight. Today the trees were wet and I think the rain/snow/wind caused some more leaves to fall because the trees are looking even more bare. I did not see any animals other than the occasional bird, and we didn't get many deer on camera.  Also, the Rye is about inches tall Sound map:

 October 15, 2023, 5:30PM Present climate conditions: brisk, windy, and cloudy Temperature 52 Day length 11:05 Today there weren't many animals out and about but I did see a squirrel doing similar things to what the one was doing last sit. It was storing acorns for the winter. The crops are still around 5-6 inches and seem to be thriving from all the rain that came in the past few days. The camera hasn't been too active lately due to all the rain. I think all the deer are all bedded down when its rainy because they don't like to not be able to hear their surroundings due to the rain on the leaves. Although this Saturday at 6pm we got a good amount of does on camera: And this buck on camera at around midnight: Also the Rye is about 7 inches tall

  September 26, 2023 5:01PM Present climate conditions: partly cloudy and misty sprinkling rain at the end Temperature 71 Day length 11:59:31 This was a great sit today. I climbed into the stand and like always there were a couple birds around in the trees around me and there was a squirrel on the ground about 15 yards away. The crop is about 4 inches tall and reaches about 6 inches at the highest spot: Now the coolest thing I saw was a little buck and some doe. They were in the far corner of the clearing. The buck was scraping a scrape and licking a licking branch on a low branch. They might have smelled me because the buck looked up and then walked away, but it was great to see wildlife. The deer were a little too far for the camera to capture them but here is a little video . I also saw these dow tracks in the sand on the trail. Observations since the last visit: The crops are looking a little more full and I saw those tracks that I didn't see before and the leaves are changing ...