During this years bio blitz, my friends from NR2 and I explored downtown Burlington. We encountered many animal species such as: Eastern gray squirrels, Black-Capped Chickadees, European Starlings, Seagulls, Mourning Doves, American Crow, Robins, Goldfinch, and even a rabbit. As for plant species we also observed many such as Sugar Maple, Dandelions, Eastern White pines, …
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4/22/23 Last Visit
I visited my phenology spot last Saturday, 4/23, around 2pm. The weather was in the mid 60s, humid, and slightly cloudy. It has been really interesting seeing how much a place changes over the course of 8 months. I was able to see the leaves turn bright shades of red, yellow, and orange then fall …
4/7/23
I visited my phenology spot last friday, 4/7, around noon. The weather was sunny, windy, and 45 degrees. The tree that I have been visting these past few weeks didn’t show many phenological changes since the last visit. After closer inspection of previous photos, the buds may have been a little bit bigger than the …
3/24/23
I visited my tree again this Friday around 11am. It had gotten quite warm the day before then fell below freezing again that night which made for a treacherous walk down since the trail was ice. There wasnt much noticible difference in the leaf buds. The one thing is that when compared to the photos …
3/11/23
I visited my phenology spot in centennial woods today around 11am. It was a beautiful and sunny 31 degrees. My specific phenology site had no red maple, red oak, paper birch, or American beech trees with accessible buds/branches so I had to venture up the hill a bit until I found some. I soon came …
January 30th- First visit after winter break
This was my first visit to my phenology site this semester. The most noticble difference that I observed since my last visit is that there is now snow (and since I chose to visit the day after a storm there was a lot of it.) I also noticed that the red berries shown in my …
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iNaturalist project 2/20/23
On Saturday, around noon time, I ventured down to Burlington’s waterfront park in search of wildlife signs. The weather was about 35 degrees and mostly sunny. One difficulty I encountered was that most of the snow had melted earlier in the week so it was harder to find tracks. As I walked around the park …
12/9/22
I visited my phenology spot around noon today, the weather was 30F and Sunny. One of the biggest differences I noticed since my last visit here in November was the level of the stream. A month ago, the water level was low and most of the rocks on the stream floor were exposed. Today the …
11/28/22 Thanksgiving Break
Over Thanksgiving break I decided to to hike Mount Pisgah, a popular hiking spot in Westmore, VT, about half an hour from my house. This is one of my favorite spots to visit, especially in the summer, but this was the first time I hiked the mountain during the colder months. The further up the …
November 7th 2022
I visited my phenology spot around noon today. The weather was a humid 73 degrees and very cloudy. As I sat, observing my phenology spot, I noticed a lot had changed since my last visit. The majority of the deciduous trees had lost their leaves, and the green that remained was from the evergreens. Another …