{"id":105,"date":"2023-03-27T23:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T03:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/?p=105"},"modified":"2023-03-27T23:51:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T03:51:05","slug":"return-to-the-birch-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/2023\/03\/27\/return-to-the-birch-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to the Birch Tree!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week&#8217;s trip to the quarry culminated in the re-examination of the paper birch tree I got to know earlier this month. While I was hoping to see significant changes in the birch&#8217;s budding, flowering, and overall phenological state, there were not many noticeable differences. The buds are certainly a bit larger than before, but otherwise, the tree looks very similar to how it did two weeks ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I did notice some other phenological differences in the quarry though! There was much-increased bird activity, of which I identified Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Dark-eyed Junco, and Fish Crow using the Merlin app. Additionally, the pond has begun to melt and grasses are beginning to spring up again!<\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-1980x2640.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8431-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"108\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-1980x2640.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8433-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-1980x2640.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_8434-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-473x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-473x1024.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-139x300.jpeg 139w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-768x1662.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-710x1536.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1-946x2048.jpeg 946w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_94664E3E2F5E-1.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s trip to the quarry culminated in the re-examination of the paper birch tree I got to know earlier this month. While I was hoping to see significant changes in the birch&#8217;s budding, flowering, and overall phenological state, there were not many noticeable differences. The buds are certainly a bit larger than before, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8341,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"gcwang","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/author\/gcwang\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8341"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}