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My phenology spot over my spring break may not have been the most exciting of places, but its purpose was served nonetheless. Here in Burlington, I spent my spring break rather snowed in, with little to no form of transportation other than walking. So, I decided to adventure around the small wooded area right behind my dorm building! The natural history of this place is pretty much non existent on any internet sources, but I can infer a few things just by looking around the area. One, the whole area was at one point wooded, and eventually deforested at the UVM campus expanded and there was a higher demand for living spaces. Two, the area may have been used as an area for walking trails, as there are still remnants of some developed paths there now. As for bird activity, I did not see any signs of nesting or any birds for that matter, other than a few gulls that flew by over head.

The vegetation in this area was very similar to that which is in Centennial woods. Red and sugar maples, a lot of beech trees and some Eastern white pines spattered through compromised most of the area. There was little to no ground vegetation because of the snow and ice that had pretty much taken over any leafy plants. This being said, there were some buds on trees from the earlier warm days we experienced, but other than that, only conifers showed any signs of green.