5/6/23 iNaturalist Rampage There were four main location that I did the Bioblitz in: Downtown, Centennial Woods, UVM, and Salmon Hole. First, I went downtown on Friday morning to meet up with a friend who was passing through Burlington. From there, I recorded observations while walking back to campus until my phone died on main …
Author Archives: lhbaron
Final Phenology Visit
4/29/23 Changes With the ebb and flow of water level, the land bridge is only sometimes traversable. More recently, due to the snowmelt, the water levels have been at their highest, limiting the walkability of the bridge. Of course, the most obvious change must be stated: Through the seasons, most of the trees lost their …
Burlington April Phenology
4/10/23 Revisiting my Tree On the day that I happen to be revisiting my tree, it is a balmy 62 degrees out. Some of the buds on the tree have burst and have thin strings coming out from them. All of the buds, even the ones that have yet to burst are a deeper red …
March 2023 Vermont Phenology
March 25th, 2023 Adopting a Tree There was still a small coating of snow packed on the wooded parts of my site, but all of the snow from the rock flat has melted off into the river. All of the snowmelt from upstream has raised the water level to the highest that I have seen …
March 2023 Washington Phenology
Orcas Island I was lucky enough to be in the San Juan Islands of Washington over the “spring” break. I stayed on the eastern tip of the Orcas Island (circled on the maps below), which is almost completely forested with a scattering of roads and homes. All of the snow had been completely melted for …
iNaturalist
I went to Centennial Woods for my phenology this week. We first followed the the trails, spotting tracks beside or intersecting our path. Many of these were dog tracks, with the occasional fox and squirrel, so we tried finding more open fresh snow. When doing so, we were able to make out coyote, white footed …
Winter Ecology
In the new year, Salmon Hole finds itself covered in crusted layers of snow. most of the tracks that can be seen in the snow are from people with the occasional other animal tracks. A path of compressed snow that is almost ice has been clearly laid out from the many people that trod before …
Washington Phenology
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 …
Second Visit
Salmon Hole Observing As I sat on the jutting rocks of Salmon hole, I first noticed how much lower the water level was compared to last. I was able to walk out onto the rocks where there was rapidly flowing water on my initial visit. On these sometimes-covered rocks, there were fewer woody plants; there …
Initial Visit
Winooski River’s Salmon Hole It was actually my sister that stumbled upon this site for me. She had just gotten a roll of film from last year developed, when we noticed this beautiful part of the river with snow covered banks. We went all throughout google maps searching for where it may be and found …