Washington State
Redmond Watershed
While back at home for thanksgiving, I visited the nearby Redmond Watershed. An immediate difference from the Winooski River could be seen. While Vermont is full of shorter understory trees like maples, beech, and poplar, Washington was almost totally coniferous trees. The most common here at the watershed were Douglass Fir and Western Red Cedar. In the understory were young coniferous, as well as Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, and Dogwood. While both Vermont and Washington have maples and oaks, the two phenology sites contain different species.
Over the last few days we have seen a lot of snow. Or at least a lot of snow for Washington. 5 inches. Likely due to this, I only saw the occasional squirrel and didn’t hear many bird sounds. Unlike Vermont quite a few of the understory trees still had some leaves to them or had just lost them.