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Field Study #4

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  November 1, 2026 Time: 4:52 pm Weather: Sort of clear, lukewarm weather Temperature: 62 Fahrenheit Length of day: 10 hours 18 minutes Fixed spot photo We can finally see the fall! Most of the trees have completely lost their leaves, and you can see the fall colors being more prominent, though there is still some green in the lower right corner.  The bridge is also covered with more leaf litter than last time and the trees on the foreground, you can see behind them more clearly compared to last time. I took a picture of this spot last time because I liked the way it looked, there is change visible now, you can see the trees and the leaves they've lost as well as the colors changing, except for some bushes and other organisms that haven't lost their foliage. Mac River seems to be clearer than last time as I can't see much stuff in the water anymore. I always take a picture of this hole thingy, and there isn't many more sticks hanging off of it, but me personally I think...
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Field Study #3

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  October 12, 2026 Time: 6:51 pm Weather: Fairly cloudy, with thunder in the far distance Temperature: 78 Fahrenheit Length of day: 11 hours 12 minutes Fixed spot photo I forgot I usually took my picture sideways, that's why it is horizontal this time. From what I see, the water seems darker, and there isn't algae at all like last time. There isn't as much leaf litter in the lower right corner as there usually is, and the trees are most definitely changing their colors. This spot looks different than last time, I thought I was at the wrong spot when I first got there. It's not noticeable in the picture, but the hanging branches with leaves are not there anymore, as if they got moved or removed by something The environment wasn't too extremely different from last time, I heard lots of birds still, and there was certainly many more bugs compared to last time, or at least I thought so because I had 3 small bugs on my arm that I noticed on my way back (hopefully not tic...
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Field Study #2

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  Time: 7:19 pm Weather: It was slightly chilly, around the civil twilight time frame. Temperature: 66 Farenheit Length of day: 11 hours 55 minutes This is my picture from my fixed spot, and the environment doesn't look too different, apart from a greener view from the right side and less algae from the lower right corner. Still lots of trees and vegetation, and the pile of sticks in the lower left corner from last time is gone. I'm not sure why this picture came out at a lower quality, but this area (kinda like the corner of the bridge and Mac river meeting the land) looks a little more populated/bushy compared to last time.  And the leaves (on the left side), to me,  don't look as brightly colored as last time. Today I most definitely noticed lots of more animal activity, as I hear many different birds singing accompanied by the expected/common sound of cicadas.  On my way back home I was walking past a spot in the trail and spotted a toad! I was unable to get a pi...
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link to original research

  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AZ3jRAuH42LLnmrC9N0Fv_BVUZHnBRHzP8WCWl1vTMw/edit?tab=t.0
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Field study #1

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  Time of pictures: 3:16 Weather: Cloudy and a wet, given that it rained earlier in the day. Temperature: 75 Farenheit This is my sound map on the specific area by Macatawa river that i was at. I'm guessing that lots of bugs was given to the rise in humidity, and there was lots of river noise, as well as trees. Cicadas were prominent. This is one of my pictures, this is the plant life that is directly touching the Macatawa river, and we see how it's sort of mossy and adjusted to this wet environment. Lots os algae and cattails. This is a bigger picture of the environment, as we see we are surrounded by trees, the river, and lots of vegetation. There is a pile of dry sticks it seems like on the lower left corner, i'm guessing it's just decayed from the bridge as it looked pretty worn down when i arrived. The vegetation around looked fairly similar, all just distinct types of grasses, as well as the mentioned cattails and algae along the river. Bird's eye view map:
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Upper Macatawa Natural Area Bird's eye view picture

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