{"id":82,"date":"2023-03-11T14:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/?p=82"},"modified":"2023-03-11T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T19:19:28","slug":"birch-in-the-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/2023\/03\/11\/birch-in-the-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Birch in the Quarry!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This week I went down to Redstone quarry in search of one of our focal species of trees. Walking down to the pond area, I saw a Paper Birch. While it could have been one of the winter lookalikes, gray, yellow, or river birch, I was confident in this identification because the bark was clearly peeling, which gray birches don&#8217;t do. The bark was also the characteristic white color of paper birches and not the gray\/gold of yellow birches. River birch also tends to peel much more than paper birch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was a lot of bird activity at the quarry this day as well. I saw a Red-Tailed Hawk and recorded a bunch of Cardinal and Blue Jay calls!<\/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=\"88\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7752-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">New Buds!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-1980x2640.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7748-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red-Tailed Hawk <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"89\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-1200x1600.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-1980x2640.jpeg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7755-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peeling Bark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-1980x2640.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7751-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paper Birch!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-473x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-473x1024.png 473w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-768x1662.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-710x1536.png 710w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778-946x2048.png 946w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/gcwang\/files\/2023\/03\/IMG_7778.png 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Walking down to the pond area, I saw a Paper Birch. 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