These are from my visits to my phenology spot on March 26th and April 9th
March 26th:
Not much really changed from my last visit. I did manage to find a tree that I was sure was a Northern Red Oak, which I’m not sure how I missed it last time. So I will be using that tree for future visits. There has not been any signs of budding on the trees low to the ground. I did hear some birds during my visit, but I’m not sure what type it was.
April 9th:
The main difference I saw during this visit was that the terrain had been changed. It had rained pretty hard the previous day, so the ground was very muddy and there were a lot of fallen sticks and branches along the ground. Some trees had fallen over or had some bark stripped off, one of which was right next to the trail leading to my spot. I also saw a lot of human tracks in the mud on the trail as well. My tree had still not changed aside from the bark being damp
