Spring is getting close to fully arriving at my spot on the Burlington Bike Path. When I visited for my last time this semester, it was around 50 degrees and sunny, which made it feel fully like spring. When I got there, I noticed bits of green popping up all around. Mainly, the Boxelder trees …

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During this four-day urban BioBlitz, I walked around the UVM campus and explored Oakledge Beach. I went to a place at Oakledge that I hadn’t been to before. It was to the left of the parking lot and had a little cove and rock outcropping. Using iNaturalist was relatively easy. I took photos out and …

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April 8th, 2025 — Today was very cold and wintery for April. It was super windy, 31 degrees, and snowy throughout the day. Red Oak – 615, White oak – 761, Red maple – 280, and Norway maple – 3261 had no breaking buds or any sign of emerging leaves. They all had little buds, …

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Keep Vermont Cool Sticker 🙂 OCTOBER 2nd, 2024  My phenology place is a metal and wood bridge over a brook on the Burlington bike path behind Redstone Campus and the Burlington Country Club golf course. Today I arrived by bike, about 1.8 miles down the paved trail starting behind the track. The trail goes adjacent …

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