As I sit at my spot, I feel a wave of contentment wash over me. Throughout the past two semesters, I’ve come to this spot consistently to do these phenology blogs and enjoy nature. It’s very sentimental being back here for the last time this semester, and posting my final blog. I’ve realized that my …
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For this four-day urban BioBlitz adventure, I explored many different parks of the Greater Burlington area. Currently as I write this, I am outside at Kieslich Park, the park I did my service project last semester at for NR lab. Just this place alone was so cool to go back to and see the progress …
On March 30th, I set out to explore campus on a phenology walk to observe the phenophases of five different tree species. The temperatures are just starting to warm up, but keeping us in a cold winter feel with a few inches of snow on the ground. The tree species observed were red oak, sugar …
To explore the greater Burlington area, I took a trip down to Lake Champlain’s waterfront. When I arrived at the water, I took in the fresh air, feeling how the warmer air surrounded me. It was in the thirties and everyone had the same idea of heading down to the waterfront. There were so many …
I hear the wind, trees creaking, black capped chickadees, and footsteps cracking branches in the distance. On my walk over to my spot, I see nuthatches and hear a hairy woodpecker. It was a beautiful time of day where the sun was hitting the ground, streaming through the trees and glistening. When I arrived at …
Final blog of the semester!!! As I returned to my phenology spot for the last time this semester, I came to a point of reflection. The snow had just started sticking to the ground the night before visiting, so I was eager to see my location coated in a fresh coat of fluffy snow. Let’s …
I visited the Maillet, Sommes, and Morgan Land to find a new spot for my phenology project. This is conservation land in my hometown, Reading, Massachusetts. From the moment I heard about this assignment we would be doing over Thanksgiving break, I knew that I wanted to go to this conservation land to find my …
As I returned to my phenology spot, I felt a sense of peace. Every time I go on a walk in Centennial Woods now, I feel a connection to my spot. Being able to sit at my spot for 15 minutes, I started to notice many patterns in my location. One pattern in particular I …
Welcome to my phenology blog! My location is in Centennial Woods. As I took a nature walk one morning looking for the perfect phenology spot, I walked down the main path of Centennial Woods just across from the Burlington Police Station. I continued down the path past the biodiversity planting project, headed for the brook. …