Field Study #2

 Saturday September 26, 2026 7:05 PM

WEATHER:

high: 71

low: 41 

wind : 4 mph 

humidity: 66%

visibility: 18 

total daylight: 11h 58 mins. 

This time when I was visiting my location I noticed a movement in the plants near the little creek but i did not notice the water in the creek moving at all. This time I went a little later than last time so the sun was not shining through as much as last time. I noticed that I can see the bottom of the creek and the water is very clear even though the bottom is very murky. I wonder if this is because the creek is very shallow or because there is less phosphorus in the creek than there would be in the pond at Holland Christian. I also observed that there is no visible algae in the creek. This was a surprise to me after we studied algae in class but it would make sense because of how clear the bottom is. 

My location looks very similar to when I visited it the first time, except for that the creeks water level is a little higher than last time. In the last couple of weeks we have gotten lots of rain therefore the water is a little higher than last time i visited it. I remember that when it rains a lot sometimes the creek becomes so full it covers the bridge, but it wasn't quite that full this time. 

sketches: 

1.  My first sketch is a leaf that I found off a stem growing out of the creek. it had 2 stems one was green and the other was brown. the thing that stuck out to me is there were areas of the leave that had been eaten. I assume that it was a catapillar. 

2. a stick that got pulled out of the creek that has a split in it. when I pulled it out it out a wet piece of a leave came with it so i also drew that. I shaded the darker areas for where the stick was wet from being in the creek. 

3. birds eye view of a plant growing out of the creek. this plant caught my eye because it has many layers to it and i think that it is a very pretty plant. the bottom layer of plant is bigger and they get smaller as they go up. I also thought it was pretty because the leave has more of a pointy edge to it.