{"id":70,"date":"2024-02-20T17:33:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/?p=70"},"modified":"2024-02-20T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:33:19","slug":"february-20th-winter-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/2024\/02\/20\/february-20th-winter-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"February 20th: Winter Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to Winter. With the Inaturalist app, I was able to track few signs of winter life while walking around our very own campus at the University of Vermont. While I have been pretty sick, finding these pieces of nature on my own definitely pumped some joy through my veins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To begin, I encountered a deer which I was not exactly quick enough to capture. However, that was super cool and also sad. Seeing a deer this far away from a natural area made me think a lot about displacement of habitat and likelihood of survival. Recording my findings was fairly simple, but I found it hard to take good quality images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1179\" height=\"2014\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607.jpeg 1179w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607-176x300.jpeg 176w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607-599x1024.jpeg 599w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607-768x1312.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/bmarti15\/files\/2024\/02\/IMG_5607-899x1536.jpeg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1179px) 100vw, 1179px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the nature of my sickness, I unfortunately was not able to stay out or go very far. But in deciding species, such as this European Starling, I took knowledge from a bird book that my parents gifted to me. I found that Starling&#8217;s often travel in very large packs. They enjoy this area of Northern America and they are similar in color to that of the bird pictured above. I did find that figuring out what was what is very difficult. Even when just following tracks and scat within NR1020 Labs, it always takes a few tries to deduce what is truly going on in nature. Often, if really torn, I will just lead with my gut instinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Track Star\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5hChuUMe5iHfjkXgzj1D4b?si=d28947c6a1d44a08&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This song represents how once I overcome illness, I hope to become a <strong><em>TRACK STAR!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>#ROLLSCAT&amp;TRACKS<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Winter. 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