{"id":89,"date":"2023-12-03T17:55:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/?p=89"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:57:16","slug":"12-3-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/2023\/12\/03\/12-3-23\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/3\/23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just visited my spot for the last time (at least to add to this blog). It&#8217;s been raining for a couple days, and while all the leaves have fallen and are well into decomposing, I was pleasantly surprised at how much evidence of life I could see- some even revealed to me for the first time. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-92\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1798-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The chipmunk hole I&#8217;ve been watching seems to be covered with sticks and leaves, insulated for the winter. The absence of leaves makes it easy to spot several bird&#8217;s nests I hadn&#8217;t noticed- or weren&#8217;t there- before. I could see and hear many crows and the usual scampering of squirrels; I even caught a glimpse of a woodpecker (see video below).  Fungi have thrived on the decomposing pine and some of the more moisture-retaining living trees<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1815-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1799-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The marsh is even bigger and less grassy than in November, and the heavy rains have cleared it of the strange oily substance that has seemed ever-present in the past. I also noticed a patch of bright green plants on the forest floor near the pine trees that I couldn&#8217;t see through the thicker foliage in the trees and on the ground, which is likely Poison Oak according to iNaturalist.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333;width:303px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1807-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.75;width:265px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1819-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve become very fond of this spot and I&#8217;m definitely gonna be coming back on my own to keep an eye on all the processes happening here constantly! The thing I love most about the place is that despite its proximity to a big road, a research complex, and a golf course, it houses an incredible amount of mini-ecosystems and is a place a person can get away to- I see people walking their dogs along the little trail often, and it&#8217;s like a breath of fresh air to escape into a patch of trees and plants and marshes from the open exposed golf course trails. I like to think it&#8217;s appreciated by people who live here, and now that includes me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video alignright\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/files\/2023\/12\/IMG_1814.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just visited my spot for the last time (at least to add to this blog). It&#8217;s been raining for a couple days, and while all the leaves have fallen and are well into decomposing, I was pleasantly surprised at how much evidence of life I could see- some even revealed to me for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/2023\/12\/03\/12-3-23\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">12\/3\/23<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9023,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"etelegui","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/author\/etelegui\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9023"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/etelegui\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}