Visit III: The Arctic Tundra

Phenological change was quite evident during my last visit to the Salmon Hole on November 12th. It had snowed approximately six inches the night before, leaving the ground, trees, and rocks completely submerged. There have also been no leaves on the trees since Halloween. On Halloween we experienced a torrential wind and rain storm, and […]

Photos from visit 2

Visit 2: Lack of Anything Interesting

Save for one squirrel that I photographed with an acorn in its mouth, this site was void of animal life for the short while that I spent there. Fortunately the squirrel fulfilled my “phylum chordata” requirement. I had to use trees as some of the organisms that characterize my site, like sugar maple, white pine, […]

Photos from the visit

Entry 1: the forgotten assignment

The salmon hole is a steep slope of forest leading down to a pristine river, where the water forms eddies and riffles due to the obscure geographic features of the site. It has many maple trees with the occasional white pine. The forest has a definite canopy, with a thick amount of shrubbery and barberry. […]

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