I explored a few places around Burlington this weekend for the bioblitz. Many of my observations came from just walking around campus in my daily life, but I also too a trip down 89 to the Mad River for a bit of paddling. At the put in I found plenty of trees and some Red …
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4/21 Phenology Sight Update
What’s up ya johns, Happy to report: it’s alive! Green had returned to my phenology spot in Centennial Woods. Small shrubbery is in bloom, ferns are starting to unfurl, and grasses are poking up. It’s beginning to become what it was when we first met 🥰. In, fact, it will most likely return to almost …
4/7 Phenology Tree Update
Hey freaks, Popped into Centennial today to check on my tree. Sadly, there’s still no signs of budding or leafing. Yet, the weather is getting warmer and snow was hard to find in the woods today, so I’m sure change is just around the corner. Here are some pics:
4/25 Phenology Tree Update
Hey freaks, popped into centennial today to check on my phenology tree. The Red Oak is exactly as it was when I left it, o signs of leaves or flowering from the buds. There are still some dead leaves holding on from last years photosynthetic season. My guess is those leaves will drop once the …
Finding a phenology tree
I took a trek in Centennial Woods today to look for a tree to monitor throughout this spring. Climbing up the wee hill near the old ROTC bunker, there was a little Northern Red Oak sitting right next to a large White Oak. I first spotted its leaves. They were all dry brown, and shriveled, …
Searching for wildlife 2/16
I went to Centennial Woods the other day to look for proof of wildlife and found some pretty cool stuff! There were some clear deer tracks and some other stuff I had trouble identifying. There was a set of tracks that seemed to be in a diagonal walker pattern, it also had direct registering. The …
1/21 Update
Hey everyone! I returned to my phenology spot today to see what it looked like after some snowfall. Burlington got a few inches overnight, so Centennial woods was somewhat of a winter wonderland. My spot had about 3 inches of fresh snow, a little less than some areas. My guess is that the moist bog …
12/10 phenology blog
Returning to my phenology spot for the final time, I it had noticeably changed from the last time I was there. That stubborn Norway Maple had finally started to accept the seasons were changing, and only had 50% of the leaves it once did. A few Yellow Birches had blown over in a windstorm, snapping …
At home phenology spot!
I returned back to my Hometown of Belmont, Massachusetts for break this thanksgiving. While there, I made my way to a place I frequented often as a full time resident, a local conservation area dubbed “Rock Meadow”, referred to on Google maps as “Beaver Brook North”. the specific location I chose is near a water …
Erik Rosenmeier 11/7 update
Walking through Centennial Woods to get to my phenology spot, the whole forest felt still. The trees were stoic and frozen, and, other than the occasional plane or bird call, it was all relatively silent. Then, as soon I sat quietly and began to observe, it all came to life. The trees that just moments …