{"id":14,"date":"2023-11-25T16:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/?p=14"},"modified":"2023-11-25T16:54:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:54:13","slug":"phenology-assignment-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/2023\/11\/25\/phenology-assignment-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenology Assignment #4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.41.33-PM-1024x806.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.41.33-PM-1024x806.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.41.33-PM-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.41.33-PM-768x604.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.41.33-PM.png 1483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new site that I chose to visit during the Thanksgiving Break was Surf Drive Beach. It is one of the more popular beaches in my hometown of Falmouth, Massachusetts. It was the beach I grew up going to with my family because it is within walking distance of my house. Though much busier during the summer tourist season, Surf Drive is a popular place for sunset-watching in the fall and winter, which is what I did while I visited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"786\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"18\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.06-PM-786x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.06-PM-786x1024.png 786w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.06-PM-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.06-PM-768x1001.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.06-PM.png 844w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 786px) 100vw, 786px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.28-PM-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.28-PM-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.28-PM-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.28-PM-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.28-PM.png 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"752\" data-id=\"19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.45-PM-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.45-PM-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.45-PM-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.45-PM-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.45.45-PM.png 1479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Surf Drive Beach is very different ecologically from Centennial Woods (my phenology site back at UVM). For starters, the beach is a completely different ecosystem than a forest. There are much less trees and most vegetation are small beach grasses. This area is also more &#8220;developed&#8221; as there is a parking lot right on the beach. A fun similarity that I found, though, is I&#8217;ve seen seagulls fly over Centennial Woods, and there are PLENTY of seagulls at this beach. The Cape is also further South and closer to the coast than Centennial Woods, so it was about 10\u00b0F warmer at the beach today than in Centennial Woods. The leaves on the surrounding deciduous trees are still present and vibrant colors, whereas in Centennial Woods, most leaves have already fallen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.52.18-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8527808069792803;width:272px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.52.18-PM.png 782w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.52.18-PM-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/elitton\/files\/2023\/11\/Screen-Shot-2023-11-25-at-4.52.18-PM-768x901.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As my &#8220;gift&#8221;, I collected a pebble from Centennial Woods before I left campus, and I left it on the stone wall at Surf Drive Beach. I&#8217;m not sure what will happen to this rock or where it will go next, but I like that it serves as a small connection between two of my favorite natural spaces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new site that I chose to visit during the Thanksgiving Break was Surf Drive Beach. It is one of the more popular beaches in my hometown of Falmouth, Massachusetts. It was the beach I grew up going to with my family because it is within walking distance of my house. 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