{"id":46,"date":"2023-01-30T20:21:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T01:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/?p=46"},"modified":"2023-01-30T20:21:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T01:21:09","slug":"winter-wildlife-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/2023\/01\/30\/winter-wildlife-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wildlife Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Upon returning to my phenology site after being away for a month, I noticed significant changes. The most influential one would be that the large stream that ran through the middle of my site drastically decreased in size and had almost completely frozen over. Additionally, most of the remaining vegetation has fully died back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6438-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The stream has been reduced to a very small strip all the way to the right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6439-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The sun peeking through the Eastern white pine trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also found signs of wildlife activity. I found what I believe to be rabbit tracks, which I followed down the hill towards my site, and then over the stream! I also found a strange pattern under a white pine. Perhaps it is evidence of an animal burrowing or scavenging beneath the tree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6430-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tracks I noticed going down the hill towards the entrance of my site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6437-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Here you can see that the same animal hopped over the stream on their journey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_6429-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A weird scurrying pattern I noticed beneath a white pine tree.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon returning to my phenology site after being away for a month, I noticed significant changes. The most influential one would be that the large stream that ran through the middle of my site drastically decreased in size and had almost completely frozen over. Additionally, most of the remaining vegetation has fully died back. I &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/2023\/01\/30\/winter-wildlife-activity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Winter Wildlife Activity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8382,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"acrainey","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/author\/acrainey\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8382"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/araineyphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}