Sunday, October 28, 2012

Gigapan trees 2

Over the past few weeks, a lot has changed since I last visited my sight for my Gigapan. Again, my Gigapan sight is on a hill above the Upper Lake of the Sweet Briar Camupus. The three trees I have been observing are the Blue Ash, Shumard Oak, and the Chestnut Oak. These trees have changed immensely since last observed. Last time, the trees were full of leaves and were completely green. Now, they are partially filled with leaves and are starting to change colors. The oaks are starting to change to yellow and the Blue Ash is starting to change to red. The trees are also starting to lose their leaves from the top of the tree to the bottom of it. The oaks seemed to change colors a lot faster than the Blue Ash did. Also, the oaks both lost their leaves a lot quicker than the Blue Ash. I think the oaks changed before the Blue Ash because changing to a yellowish color is not as drastic of a change as changing to a redish color. They lost their leaves before the Ash because they changed colors before the Ash.