{"id":83,"date":"2022-03-25T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/?p=83"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:11:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:11:06","slug":"florida-gulf-coast-phenology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/2022\/03\/25\/florida-gulf-coast-phenology\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gulf Coast Phenology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over spring break, I traveled to the southern Gulf Coast of Florida. I stayed at a friend\u2019s house in Port Charlotte and together we went to a number of beautiful beaches, about an hour away each. This climate is warm and humid year-round, allowing for countless bright green, flowering, and leafy species to grow all year long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I encountered many wildlife species, including a Gopher tortoise, pelicans, crows, seagulls, various fish, squirrels, and the Seagrape tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" width=\"294\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2134-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" width=\"299\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-1624-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For my research, I decided to explore the wildlife at Boca Grande. This beach was in an upscale neighborhood with many visitors and tourists, but its ecosystems were nonetheless fascinating. A tallgrass ecosystem lined the outer premise of the beach, which I spent most of my time there investigating. I found many ant colonies in construction, seagrape seeds, and shells, but my favorite sighting was a set of mammal tracks lining the edge of the tallgrass, as pictured below. Because I am unfamiliar with native Florida species, I cannot say with confidence which animal made these prints, but the \u2018X\u2019 shape in the negative space and diagonal-esque pattern suggest that they could have been left by a red fox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" width=\"312\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/files\/2022\/03\/IMG-2087-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over spring break, I traveled to the southern Gulf Coast of Florida. I stayed at a friend\u2019s house in Port Charlotte and together we went to a number of beautiful beaches, about an hour away each. This climate is warm and humid year-round, allowing for countless bright green, flowering, and leafy species to grow all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/2022\/03\/25\/florida-gulf-coast-phenology\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Florida Gulf Coast Phenology&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"bgetlik","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/author\/bgetlik\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bgetlik\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}