Carmela's Project

For this year’s BioBlitz, myself and my friends decided to walk around campus and walk towards Centennial Woods. We thought that the walk over to Centennial Woods will have other species to observe and record, and when we arrive at Centennial, there will be even more. I have used iNaturalist before for other blog posts […]

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I have not seen green on the trees in Centennial Woods since I first visited my site one semester ago. It made me so happy to finally see those green buds emerging from the tree branches, almost welcoming me back to my phenology spot. Over time, I have observed and noted the phenological changes at […]

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Today’s walk to the phenology site was much more pleasant than the walk last time. There was no snow on the ground, and the sky was blue and bright! I decided to make a video vlog about my walk and findings at my phenology spot. The video is posted below. To summarize the visit, the […]

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The weather in the Burlington area has been off and on, with a few warm days and clear skies, and cold days with dark grey skies. The day before I visited my tree, it had flurried, but no serious snow had fallen. When I walked to Centennial Woods this morning, the array of trees still […]

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In the early days of March in Vermont, the majority of trees look almost the same. The muted brown and leafless twigs make it difficult to identify what tree is which. At Centennial Woods, I originally had tried to identify a beech tree because the smooth bark was easy to identify among others, and I […]

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The past few days have been unusually warm in Vermont, with temperatures almost hitting the low fifties. With these warm temperatures, a lot of the snow in Burlington has almost melted away, leaving animal tracks hard to come by. One must look in the mud and by water to see if they can find signs […]

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As winter break closes, and the start of the spring semester begins, snow welcomes everyone back. The walk to Centennial Woods was very quiet, with snow still falling all around me. I looked everywhere throughout the woods for animal tracks left behind, but the only prominent one were human foot prints. I was very surprised […]

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Saturday, December 10, was fourteen degrees outside. The cold, sharp air and bits of frost on the grass made it feel like it was really winter. Although Centennial Woods did not look as alive as it once did in September and October, it was alive in other ways. One of the more noticeable changes to […]

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The Milford Bike Trail The Milford Bike Trail is a paved walk way through forested ecosystems in the town of Milford in Massachusetts. Next to the trail is Lousia Lake, which connects to the Charles River. Surrounding the trail is a busy road and multiple neighborhoods. Similar to Centennial Woods, they are located within urbanized […]

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This Saturday morning was surprisingly warm, and the walk down to Centennial Woods was very pleasant. It has been a couple of weeks since my last visit, which meant that many things have changed! When I first arrive to my spot, the most obvious change was the lack of leaves on the trees. The hemlock […]

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