Wednesday, October 31, 2018

4th field visit: Houston, we have a problem

4th Field Visit
October 31, 2018
"Houston, we have a problem"


Panorama(today is from the opposite direction)
Normal

Today


Picture of part of the game trail(or as close as I could get)
         Well, we appear to have a slight problem, don't we? I drove up to my field study location, which is a sandbar in a lake, and noticed that it was fully and completely under water. After some investigation, I concluded that the sand is at least two and a half feet under water. Now, how long it takes for the water to recede I do not know. I am open to suggestions as to how to reach it, perhaps with waders, or to observe from a dry vantage point. Anyway, I did not get many organism observations, and would like to request an extension into next week.

Date: October 31, 2018
Time: 3:41 -- 4:20
Weather: Sunny, no wind
Temperature: 52˚F
Temperature of the water: 52˚F
Length of Day: 10 hours, 19 minutes

Organism Observations: There were very few organisms, probably because I was basically observing from the road. All I saw was a crow fly by, and while driving on the way to the field study, I saw a deer on the side of the road just standing there at the edge of a field.
Organism Photographs: None
Other Photographs:
                                     I observed from that concrete pipe in the foreground
                                           (The sandbar is directly above it in the picture)
The creek was flowing very quickly today!

 Is this supposed to be a bridge?

That's what I have to go over to get to field study
                                                     

1 comment:

  1. We have had some rain but this change seems more significant than expected. Keep observing and see if you can figure out why such a significant change happened. Is it where more water is flowing into the lake beyond your stream?

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