Foxcroft Farm Visit #3

The last and final visit to Foxcroft Farms was my favorite visit which was bitter-sweet. It was my favorite because I think this is where I and my group felt most comfortable. We knew exactly what to do when examining our BioCube as well as searching for more biodiversity. We were able to see a lot of new vegetation beginning to grow as well as more insects. The insects at times were very annoying buzzing around my face but on the bright side, there were a lot of insects for us to study. Some of the specific insects we saw were a Eastern Parson Spider and a Blacklegged Tick. The tick was actually found on Jacob's pants and we removed it and captured it. There were a lot of positives to this trip, the only sad part was that it was our last one. Although, I will no longer have to be carried across the stream to get to the BioCube. I think it is a great idea for next year's lab to have the last week of lab at the farm again because they're will be even more biodiversity for them to study. When we had to remove the BioCube and take some biomass from our ecosystem, we decided to obtain a wide range of matter because the vernal pond is very diverse. We took a couple water samples to look at under the microscope. We also took some of the mud that was under the water, vegetation that surrounded the vernal pond, and some of the insects. Overall, I think the next lab will be very successful in finding some more species and studying them more in depth. We also filmed the final parts of our video this week which was a lot of fun. The 15 minutes of silence this week were a little difficult with all the bugs swarming my face. I had to keep swatting them and some even went in my eyes but besides that the sounds of nature were as amazing ever. We did not hear any other groups this week which is always good and we did hear some peepers. We tried to find them and catch them but unfortunately we did not have any luck. I really enjoyed all this visit had to offer and am sad that it was the last one.

Posted on April 28, 2019 05:22 PM by patcann