{"id":41,"date":"2025-02-23T15:29:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/?p=41"},"modified":"2025-02-23T15:29:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T20:29:04","slug":"a-change-of-scenery-rock-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/2025\/02\/23\/a-change-of-scenery-rock-point\/","title":{"rendered":"A change of Scenery: Rock Point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello! For this phenology post we are straying from the tried and true Centennial Woods Log Cross and venturing closer to the lake a a little bit north to Rock Point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5764-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by last semesters labs, and a desire to see the landscape covered in snow, me and my three NR friends went to rock point. We followed the trail to the waters edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way we found a bunch of birds. Chickadees and a red-bellied woodpecker, and a robin! Unfortunately I could not get a good shot of any of them\u2026 as soon as I zoomed in enough they scattered. Here\u2019s a clip of some bird chirps though: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/ROCK-POINT-BIRDS.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also came across many tracks. I\u2019m fairly certain that these are deer because of the split teardrop shape, size and walking pattern. if I\u2019m right, this would be my first ever deer track sighting!!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5761-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also came across these cottontail rabbit tracks. This is just one section, as there were a BUNCH of these all along the path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5757-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lastly we saw these\u2026 I\u2019m not positive what they were. It seemed like they were a little older as they were slightly messy. Also the critter must\u2019ve been in a hurry, and scurried up the tree nearby because the tracks stopped abruptly at the base of the tree nearby. I\u2019m think they are grey squirrel just because of the size and general shape. Not positive though. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-scaled.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_5759-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was so much fun finding tracks in a different space, I\u2019ll be coming back for another winter walk! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! For this phenology post we are straying from the tried and true Centennial Woods Log Cross and venturing closer to the lake a a little bit north to Rock Point. Inspired by last semesters labs, and a desire to see the landscape covered in snow, me and my three NR friends went to rock &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/2025\/02\/23\/a-change-of-scenery-rock-point\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A change of Scenery: Rock Point&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9855,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ebritt1","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/author\/ebritt1\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ebritt1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}