{"id":92,"date":"2021-04-14T13:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/?p=92"},"modified":"2021-04-14T13:12:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T17:12:58","slug":"back-at-the-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/2021\/04\/14\/back-at-the-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Back at the Quarry!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After about two months, I visited the Redstone Quarry again and was surprised at how much color had returned to the area. Last time I was there the ground was covered in snow and there was nothing but bare trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"785\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/6353AA8F-1CBA-42F7-84EB-893798F151A6_1_105_c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"97\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/6353AA8F-1CBA-42F7-84EB-893798F151A6_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/?attachment_id=97\" class=\"wp-image-97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/6353AA8F-1CBA-42F7-84EB-893798F151A6_1_105_c.jpeg 785w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/6353AA8F-1CBA-42F7-84EB-893798F151A6_1_105_c-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/6353AA8F-1CBA-42F7-84EB-893798F151A6_1_105_c-768x979.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Norway Maple <br \/>McDougall. A (April 13, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"94\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/?attachment_id=94\" class=\"wp-image-94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5194-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Pink Budding Bush<br \/>McDougall. A (April 13, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"95\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/?attachment_id=95\" class=\"wp-image-95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/IMG_5181-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Squill<br \/>McDougall. A (April 13, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The signs of budding and flowering were vibrant and brightened up the landscape significantly. Due to the lack of snow or mud, I was not able to see any animal tracks, however I was able to sit quietly on the rocks and listen to the different bird songs and watch the small bugs fly around overhead. I am interested in learning how to identify birds based off their song so I can better understand the interactions happening around me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-14-at-1.12.14-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" width=\"262\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-14-at-1.12.14-PM.png 572w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/files\/2021\/04\/Screen-Shot-2021-04-14-at-1.12.14-PM-222x300.png 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This species interaction chart demonstrates how all of the species I studied interacted with each other. The Norway Maple and Juniper tree are competing for sunlight and water, and they are on the same trophic level. There is a commensalism relationship between these two trees and the two bird species (that I was unable to identify) because these birds create their nests in the trees and live off of the tree&#8217;s protection. The two bird species are competing for these trees as their habitat as well as the prey that they will eat. I studied both worms in the dirt and ants crawling across the rocks, both of which most birds prey on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I took a twig off of the blooming Norway Maple and brought it back to my dorm room to study for 10 days and see if it&#8217;s buds continue to blossom, and will report the progress here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you soon, Redstone Quarry!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After about two months, I visited the Redstone Quarry again and was surprised at how much color had returned to the area. Last time I was there the ground was covered in snow and there was nothing but bare trees. The signs of budding and flowering were vibrant and brightened up the landscape significantly. Due &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/2021\/04\/14\/back-at-the-quarry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Back at the Quarry!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6168,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"amcdouga","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/author\/amcdouga\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/amcdouga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}