From the first time I stepped foot on this piece of land to now, it has changed greatly. I have watched the flowers bloom and die, leaves fall, the river freeze and thaw, and i’ve watched it all sprout once again. Some trees have fallen and logs have decayed, and the composition of the streams …
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Phenology Walk Data Collection
I went on my phenology walk on April 13th with Allie Brown. This was just around the time when the weather was beginning to turn warmer and the flowers were preparing to bloom. Only some of the trees we saw were budding, most were still in the earliest stages of coming back to life. One …
2025 iNaturalist BioBlitz!
During this year’s BioBlitz, I betrayed Philadelphia and joined the Greater Burlington area! I spent most of the four days working with the UVM Horticulture Club, planting trees and tulip bulbs. I also walked around campus with my lovely girlfriend Allie Brown. I found a ton of plants and insects, but unfortunately no mammals or …
iNaturalist assignment
For this assignment, Allie Brown and I went down to the water to walk the path to North Beach. As soon as we got on the path, we started finding a ton of animal tracks, as the snow had been sitting there for a few days without any new snowfall. We found a few tracks …
New Semester!
Today I revisited my phenology spot after the long break and observed the changes in the nature of the area and searched for signs of wildlife in the snowy and icy landscape. Upon my arrival, the changes were already apparent. Snow covered nearly every surface, the rivers were frozen over in a statically flowing pattern, …
Final Entry!
Today, I ventured out to my phenology spot to assess the changes that have taken place over the past few months. I found about what I was expecting, baren trees, snow-covered ground, and a silent air about everything. I was surprised to see a noticeably large number of downed trees, much more than were there …
Visiting A Peer’s Phenology Spot
I visited Allie Brown’s Phenology spot, which is quite close to mine. Her spot is downhill from mine, and borders a small rocky river. There are noticeably fewer large trees and a lot more small plants in the underbrush. It is also very slippery, do not visit her spot wearing Nike shoes like me, I …
Phenology Assignment #4
Longwood gardens is the pride of my town, and my childhood backyard. I spent countless hours as a kid roaming through the seemingly endless acres of the gardens. As a student at UVM, I have realized how big of a name Longwood is in the horticultural world. The gardens are notoriously well kept, to a …
Phenology #3
After visiting my spot today, I noticed a few key differences from when I last visited. The trees, which were starting to turn colors when I last visited, were bare and sad-looking. The dead trees that were once full of mushrooms were buried in multi-colored leaves and their mushrooms had spored and died off. The …
NR1010 blog
My place is a little hilly area next to a stream in the heart of Centennial Woods, it has two ‘twin’ trees of different species, growing practically inside of each other, which is the reason I chose this spot. To get here, you need to walk about a quarter mile down the main trail and …