Today was my last official phenology visit and the spring time seasonal changes are apparent on my site. It was a wet after a day of rain, leaving an aromatic smell of wet soil in the air. While on my site I saw a grey squirrel and saw/heard a number of birds. I observed many […]
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My Place and I
Posted in Uncategorized on May 3, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
Earth Week & Spring Time Growth
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Earth Week everyone! This is a time of year where we need to stop and take a moment to appreciate the beauty and life giving processes that Earth provides us. Take this appreciation one step further and make a change in your life to protect the beauty and abundance that our Earth provides us. […]
Gorham, Maine Phenology
Posted in Uncategorized on March 16, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
The site I chose to study while on spring break in my hometown is just behind my house. I notice some similarities and differences between my Burlington site and Gorham site. They both have water features — with the stream running through my Burlington site and a small frozen pond hidden in the woods of […]
The Hemlock Swamp
Posted in Uncategorized on March 8, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
My phenology site is classified as a hemlock swamp. It is a softwood forested wetland dominated by hemlocks. The book Wetland, Woodland, Wildlands provides evidence that my site is a hemlock swamp. First, it is in the climate and elevation range – at lower elevations below 1800 feet and in a warmer climate. My site […]
New Year, New Site
Posted in Uncategorized on February 3, 2019 | Leave a Comment »
I have chosen a new phenology site to study for this semester. This site is easiest to get to by biking. There is a well kept sidewalk that runs along Spear Street directly from UVM’s campus. The site is about 1.5 miles from UVM. You will know you are almost there when you pass the […]
Burlington’s Metamorphosis
Posted in Uncategorized on December 6, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
The natural areas in Burlington are very integrated with the human processes that take place here. According to Burlington Geographic, Native Americans were present in the Vermont and Burlington landscape for thousands of years and in more recent times, this has been the Abenaki. These people most likely moved through Burlington seasonally. European settlers began […]
184 Miles East
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
184 miles east of my Burlington phenology site rests a familiar forest that I grew up exploring. The woods behind my house in Gorham Maine were my stomping grounds growing up. Here I would build forts, catch frogs, and explore nature. Coming back to these woods now, I look at it with fresh eyes. This […]
POETRY
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
Prepare In between the hustle, bustle, and noise of a small city rests a secluded hill side forest. The elms, locusts, and maples act as a fortress of peace. If you look close, you can see it begin to prepare for the oncoming winter. Overhanging on the front edge of the forest are the black […]
A Brisk November Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on November 4, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
I had a pleasant visit to my phenology site on a brisk November morning. The wind was rustling the leaves of the elm and locust trees that are stubbornly hanging onto their branches. However, the trees are beginning to show color now. The black locust trees are showing signs of changing to their striking golden-yellow […]
Where is the red, orange, and gold?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2018 | Leave a Comment »
The changing seasons and temperatures has been getting me excited to see the quintessential phenological event here in the Northeast: the changing colors of the fall foliage, in my phenology site. Given the number of trees showing their fall golds and reds I expected to find the same in my phenology site. I was disappointed […]
