My Phenology Spot at home is Indian Brook Reservoir. It’s about 3 miles from my house, so a 10 minute drive or a 65 minute walk.
Indian Brook Reservoir has pretty similar ecology and phenology to Salmon Hole. This is because they are only 8.5 miles apart from each other. However, I did note some differences. There was a lot more active wildlife at Indian Brook than I saw at my last visit to Salmon Hole. The reservoir was filled with Canadian Geese, and the woods surrounding it had many squirrels and chipmunks out and about. Indian Brook also had more foliage than Salmon Hole at this time of the year, and it also had more organic matter on the ground. I do think that Salmon Hole has more of an understory than Indian Brook. On the other hand, Indian Brook and Salmon Hole both have many of the same species. They are both dominated by maples and have pretty dense forest. I also saw a heron at both sites. Finally, the water at both sites had the same clarity, though Salmon Hole has somewhat of a beach and Indian Brook does not.
