I have decided due to change what I will be observing due to the lack of time I have to observe with my two parakeets. It has been hard to find time to observe my birds because I am never home and when I am home, it's never at a set time. This was causing inconsistent obervations. I will now be observing an area that I am around a lot. It is a grass area in between the tennis courts and the gym at Wooster High School. In that little area, there is a tree that I will be observing to see how it change as the seasons pass. I will also be looking at how thing around the tree use it. The tree is an oak tree.
It's there day after day, night after night, motionless, but not life less. The oak tree that I am observing is a protector. The tennis teams, uses it as protection from the sun on hot after noons. It protects birds perched on it's branches from predators and the weather. The tree does a lot, but I have never taken the time to look and admire it's beauty. I have sat under the tree countless times and never took the time to explore it. On Thursday October 9, 2014, during my observation, I noticed that I didn't know what kind of oak tree it is. I have not had the time to observe the leaves that it has but I will know soon. I did some research on oak trees and discovered that there are approximately 60 species of oaks in the U.S. They are categorized as a white oak or a red oak (ehow.com). I am curious to learn more about this oak tree and what it does for people and things at Wooster.
I like that you see the oak tree as a "protector." During this project I dug deeper then just seeing what I was observing but understanding why it's there.I like the way your blog puts an image in my head.
ReplyDeleteThank you for making an effort to acknowledge your source of information about varieties of oak trees.
ReplyDeleteYour first entry about the parakeets was so fascinating that I'm a bit sad you had to change your focus, but I can completely identify with not being home enough to observe such a thing. I do admire how you so quickly latched on to the details and essence of this oak tree. I can't wait to read about the different things you begin to see that have gone unnoticed for so long.
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