Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Notes From Late February
On February 22nd of 2012 I went out for phenology at 10:30 P.M. The air temperature was 6° C and the water temperature was 4° C. The sunrise that day was 7:06 A.M. and the sunset was 5:50 P.M. I saw a squirrel climbing a tree and then running and jumping across the creek. It had very orange fur and a big tail. I think it might have been a Red Squirrel. The water depth was 8 cm, which was 2 cm less than the last time I took phenology notes. It was cloudy out and sprinkling a bit, but not that much. I heard the wind blowing against things like branches, which happens when it's windy out sometimes. I also heard the creek flowing and a crow cawing.
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Did you mean 10:30 am, Matt?
ReplyDeleteYou are including a variety of observations in your posts, but now I would like you to start asking and answering some questions for yourself... WHY do you think it's a Red Squirrel? WHY has the water level dropped? Where was the crow? Was it alone? Do you usually hear crows? What was it doing?
I have to agree with Jesus branches do get blown around when its windy, and I saw the squirrel to and I have come to belive that it was a red squirrel.
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