May 4, 2024, 2:20 pm I visited my site today for what is probably the last time until fall. Just like my last two visits to Centennial Woods, it was raining. I took some time to make the sketch of my site pictured below and think about the way the space and my relationship with …
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City Nature Challenge
April 26, 2024 Last Sunday, I joined the tens of thousands of participants around the world in the City Nature Challenge. Started in California in 2016, this now global annual encourages people in cities worldwide to find and document local wildlife. From April 25th to April 28th, the goal is to take as many photos …
Nature’s Notebook Phenology Walk
April 26, 2025 2:15 pm This weekend I participated in the USA National Phenology Network’s Nature’s Notebook program by logging observations of the phenological changes of trees on UVM’s campus. The National Phenology Network (NPN) is an organization that works on a national scale to collect, organize, and interpret phenological data. Organisms go through annual …
April Visit
April 19, 2025 5:26pm I spent some time in Centennial Woods last week following the brook to look for frogs. Stopping by my phenology site, I saw it had completely transformed since my last visit. It was raining heavily for much of the time I was there, and the stream was flowing fast. While I …
February at Rock Point
2:00pm, February 23, 2025 Rock Point Trail To check out a slightly different area, I went with some friends to check out the trails at Rock Point. It was a cloudy day and warmer than it has been in weeks, about 32 degrees Fahrenheit. We started near the Rock Point South Community Garden and followed …
January Check In
January 18, 1:20pm About a week ago, I revisited my phenology spot. The landscape was transformed by snow that had fallen over the last few days. The blanket of white made everything feel quieter except the creaking of trees in the wind and the crunch of hardened snow underfoot. Upon first glance, bare branches and …
December Update
3:45pm , December 5 , 2024 It was a pretty cold day, around 30 degrees. Immediately I noticed that there were almost no leaves left on the majority of deciduous trees in the area. The main species with some leaves hanging on were the white oak. The only green was from moss, ferns, and some …
Phenology Comparison: Public Park
November 24, 2024, 1:30pm Chicago Women’s Park and Garden Over Thanksgiving break I went home to Chicago and visited a public park near my house. The park is relatively small and large sections are cared for by the Park District, making it not very wild. However, it is a place in which I am familiar …
Map of Site
I made this map of my site from an arial point of view. I used colors to differentiate easier between the plants and because it is based of the fall colors I’ve seen in late October and early November. The composition of trees and plants is not exact but just to show the general makeup …
Early November Changes
4:36pm , November 3rd, 2024 Yesterday I spent some time at my site just sitting and observing. The most noticeable seasonal change was that the sun began setting while I was there since daylight savings just happened this weekend. It was already a gloomy day and got even more so as the sun set. The …