May 30, 2011
1:39 PM
Detailed Weather:
Wind -
- There was a bit of wind, but not too much
- Beaufort Scale: 1
- East: I confirmed this with my handy dandy compass
Clouds -
- There was a moderate amount of clouds
- color: pure white
- type: cirrus
Temperature -
C = (88 - 32) x 5/9
C = 56 x 5/9
C = 56/1 x 5/9
C = 280/9
C = 31.1111111
- 31.1111111° Celsius
- Water: The water temperature was 50° Fahrenheit:
C = 18 x 5/9
C = 18/1 x 5/9
C = 90/9
C = 10
General Observations:
Measurements -
- Bur oak tree branch - 48 inches
- inches to centimeters conversion -
2.54n = c
2.54(48) = c
c = 121.92
- bur oak tree branch = 121.92 cm
- water depth: 13.5 inches:
- inches to centimeters conversion -
- water temperature: 10° Celsius
2.54n = c
2.54(13.5) = c
c = 34.29 cm
Biota -
I took this recording of a bird I heard, but I am still in the process of figuring out what the species is. I will update my blog when I find out.
- 2 bur oak trees
- common white-tailed dragonfly
- common green foxtail
- common virtuoso katydid
- wild daisy
- miscellaneous bugs that flew by quickly and were therefore unidentifiable
Differences from previous months -
- Seasonal changes:
- The temperature is much higher, it is almost summer!
- There were so many more bugs all over the place
- There were more grasses next to the creek
- My ecosystem has made a full circle, and is now the way it was when I started observing it at the end of last year.