Since my last visit to Lone Rock Point, a lot has changed in the landscape. I noticed a large increase in the amount of northern red oak leaves on the forest floor. In addition, I observed many needles on the forest floor from the northern white cedars. The deciduous trees looked much more bare, and the overall landscape looked much less green and vibrant. The only vegetation that still looked green was the common buckthorns found in the understory and the needles on the northern white cedars; however, there were some leaves that were starting to turn yellow on the buckthorn bushes. There were few signs of wildlife that I could identify.
The only sign that I observed was a few spots of fecal matter from birds. These were found on some of the dolostone bedrock that is pokes through the soil. Although signs of animal life were slim at my spot, I had the pleasure of seeing a red fox while walking on the Rock Point trail. I am sad to say that I wasn’t able to take a photo of this beautiful animal; however, it was a thrill to see such a sly mammal.
To emphasize the changes in the landscape, I am going to insert 2 photos from my spot, one from 2 weeks ago, and one from this week.
To further help with understanding the geography of my location, I have inserted a hand-drawn, birds-eye view map of my location.
References
Koval, A. (photographer). (2020). Untitled [old view of Lake Champlain, photograph].
Koval, A. (photographer). (2020). Untitled [current view of Lake Champlain, photograph].
Koval, A. (photographer). (2020). Untitled[Event map, photograph].