This past week I visited my phenology site and noticed many changes. Now that we are well into the month of May, the forest is much greener, there are more plants and overall more signs of life. I saw numerous plants including, trillium, fiddlehead ferns, jack-in-the-pulpits, and wood anemone. The small seasonal wetland located in …
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May 4th Update
For the City Nature Challenge I explored my hometown, Barre Massachusetts. I explored my backyard, my forest and even went for walks down my road. The most memorable species I saw was a beaver. I was walking with my mom and dad and we heard rustling in the bushes and soon after a splash. We …
April Phenology
Budding Plants Wildlife While observing my phenology sight it was hard to find evidence of wildlife, due to the layer of leaves covering the forest floor and the rain that had been going on for days. Although I couldn’t find any evidence in the form of animal tracks, or scat, I was able to find …
Early March Phenology
While exploring my phenology site I noticed some changes in phenology as we are shifting towards spring, but it is very apparent that it is still winter. The snow is starting to melt, but the temperatures are still close to freezing and still reach below freezing at night. Beneath the snow you could see greenery …
Wildlife Activity and Phenological Changes
Phenology Location
The location I chose for my place-based phenology blog is in my backyard in Barre Massachusetts, it’s a private area and is very easy to access by my family, but there is no public access. To get to my location you have to walk through my yard into an opening in the forest which leads …