{"id":124,"date":"2025-04-28T20:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/?p=124"},"modified":"2025-04-29T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T05:55:00","slug":"april-19-2025-526pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/2025\/04\/28\/april-19-2025-526pm\/","title":{"rendered":"April Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 19, 2025 5:26pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5703-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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 saw very few wildflowers in the woods, ferns and moss carpeted the stream banks and fallen trees. There was a lot of new growth on the trees and ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5698-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5701-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Centennial Brook at my phenology spot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Centennial Woods as a whole felt a lot more filled with life. When the rain let up, I heard and saw many birds including an American goldfinch, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, winter wren, and brown creeper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5704-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/files\/2025\/04\/IMG_5695-1568x1176.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/2025\/04\/28\/april-19-2025-526pm\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;April Visit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9854,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"belarsen","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/author\/belarsen\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/belarsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}