{"id":78,"date":"2021-03-06T21:07:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T02:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/?p=78"},"modified":"2021-03-06T21:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T02:07:19","slug":"march-signs-of-spring-in-burlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/2021\/03\/06\/march-signs-of-spring-in-burlington\/","title":{"rendered":"March – Signs of Spring in Burlington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For this phenology assignment, I explored around the waterfront along the coast of Lake Champlain as well as around Salmon Hole. Overall, I noticed mostly small animal tracks in the snow, as well as a few other small signs of spring such as budding branches, melting ice, and signs of bird activity. Attached below are photographs from my exploration as well as brief explanations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The buds of an unknown tree beginning to emerge, indicating the tree transitioning into spring and potential seed dispersal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Lake Champlain with melting ice sheets. Although it’s hard to see in this picture, different species of ducks and a few seagulls were also sitting on the water. This indicates a return of some birds to Vermont after migration.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A closeup of the melting ice. There is no longer one connected sheet, but instead smaller fragments of ice. This indicates a physical change of the natural environment as we begin to approach spring, and warmer temperatures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A bird feather found frozen into the snow at Salmon Hole. Although I’m not sure what species it is, it is evidence that birds have been in the area, implying a return of birds to the site. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An unidentified, small birds track in the snow along the banks of Salmon Hole. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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A small mammals prints in the snow. Although the prints weren’t clear enough to properly identify it, based on the grouping of the print and location (near salmon hole), I believe it was a weasel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A closeup of the unidentified mammals tracks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this phenology assignment, I explored around the waterfront along the coast of Lake Champlain as well as around Salmon Hole. Overall, I noticed mostly small animal tracks in the snow, as well as a few other small signs of spring such as budding branches, melting ice, and signs of bird activity. Attached below are … Continue reading March – Signs of Spring in Burlington<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6256,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","no-featured-image"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"ewetsel","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/author\/ewetsel\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78\/revisions\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/ewetselphenology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}