{"id":73,"date":"2024-03-25T23:44:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T03:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/?p=73"},"modified":"2024-03-25T23:44:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T03:44:01","slug":"spring-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/spring-beginnings\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2a252b122c64f1b2d63b85f88ff59c73\" style=\"background-color:#06764d\">Friday March 22nd, I visited Centennial Woods. The weather was 30 degrees and it was partially sunny. The ground was mostly cleared with small patches of snow from the previous squalls still remaining. The trail was textured by the footsteps of hikers trekking through the previously soft mud, only for it to freeze and harden, creating a rough, solid path. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-57523a01b652b568ba646f32d61281b3\" style=\"background-color:#04bb78\">As I walking closer to my spot within centennial, I could hear crows ahead chattering and cawing at one another. Large groups rested upon the branches of a single tree. This was likely the loudest I had hear centennial in a while, largely due to the crows. No other creatures were out and about though. We had had some cold few days, discouraging any animals to wander about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4f365c85ef3350d158676c3643821949\" style=\"background-color:#18d18d\">The frozen ground made it difficult to find any tracks, or signs of amphibians. Due to the below freezing temperatures, it was likely that many amphibians were not quite out yet. Despite this, trees had begun to show signs of spring. Buds were beginning to swell on most if not all of the present trees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-74\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-768x1024.jpg\" style=\"object-position:66% 38%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"66% 38%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/hmulford\/files\/2024\/03\/IMG_5763-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">The budding branch of a Norway Maple<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday March 22nd, I visited Centennial Woods. 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