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4th Visit

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My 4th  Visit October 30, 6:30 pm Rainy and Windy Temperature: 42ºF Length of Day Sunrise: 8:16 AM Sunset: 6:39 PM There has been a lot of rain lately. It has been non-stop sprinkling for a couple days now non-stop. Today also has been super duper windy. When I went to my plot of land there was a lot of wind and the stream water level was higher than usual and wider than usual. As I looked around I saw less ground cover. Meaning that there were a lot less plants on the ground and there were a lot more leaves. The fact that there were more leaves on the ground means that there were less leaves on the trees and more of the leaves had dropped and changed colors. There also were more leaves in the water. There was some of the green ground cover plants still living as well. There were no water bugs left on the surface of the water anymore. There also were no birds chirping anymore. Also as I was leaving I found a tick on my dog. That is an observation about the fact that t...

3rd Visit

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My 3rd Visit October 15, 2:00 pm Rainy  Temperature: 53ºF Length of Day Sunrise: 7:58 AM Sunset: 7:01 PM Today and last night have been super rainy. Last night a storm came through. It also has cooled off quite a bit this week. There were lots of different noises at my plot today. I could hear the wind in the trees because it was very gusty. I also could hear the sound of rain on both the trees and on the water. Also I heard the noise of rushing water which I haven't heard very much in the past because usually the water is moving fast enough. Today the water was very deep and was moving very very fast. I also saw that the amount of water bugs decreased today and there were hardly any bugs jumping on the surface of the water. I did see a centipede on the bank of the water. There also some leaves falling but not as many as I expected for how windy it was. The foliage on the ground continued to decrease and the dead leaves increased. The water also was a lot d...