It is clear that Spring is right around the corner here in Burlington, with snow and ice melting and grass poking out it’s only a matter of time. March phenology in Burlington is very different than January and February, there are animals that are starting to come out of hibernation, as temperature are starting to rise. I also saw that in the warmer weather this weekend that there were some plants and trees that were starting to bud, which means that soon Burlington will be flooded with newly grown green leaves. I walked down to the Burlington waterfront to see the sunset over Lake Champlain we also decided to walked on the little bit of ice that was left on Lake Champlain (This was the first time I had ever been on a frozen lake it was awesome). We also saw a Mallard Duck absolutely shredding it in the water, it was pretty cool to see the animal life of Lake Champlain start up again, due to the ice sheets melting.
In Burlington, there are many houses and buildings that have this beautiful Ivy that grows on their walls, and in the summer it is always so green and lively, but in the winter it is bare.
It is hard to believe that only in a few months that these buildings will have the lively green ivy growing on the outside again. This will be the same for the trees that are starting to bud all over Burlington because of all the warm weather we’ve had over the past week and that will continue through this week. I took some pictures of the budding trees that I saw on my walk I’ll show them below.
It is hard to believe that Spring is so near, it feels like winter just started bur here we are in March with snow melting on the grace, ice sheets melting in Lake Champlain, animals coming out of hibernation, and trees and plants starting to bud. Spring is coming and it’s coming sooner then ever.