Looking back at pictures from January, I see that the forest floor and trees were covered in snow. I returned one last time, and it has changed drastically. Trees are budding, and all over the forest floor, there are sprouts of ferns and shrubs. Visiting now is much more pleasant because it isn’t cold and …
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City Nature Challenge iNaturalist 2025
So first, I couldn’t participate in the Nature Challenge through iNaturalist because my camera wasn’t working through the app. Instead, I did the challenge with Will since he could use the iNaturalist app. We went around campus (Central and Davis) identifying trees with the app. It was pretty easy, we took a picture of a …
Phenology Walk
I went out to collect data on March 29th in the morning. It had previously snowed the night before (6-7ins) and was still snowing. Before going out, I expected buds to be present but not breaking. Yes, Burlington had a few warm days, but it was still cold at night and some other days. All …
Greater Burlington Area
I went to Redstone Campus and checked out the eastern white pine area. I tried to find fresh enough tracks to identify. Instead, I found a hole in a log or some brush. Since the snow at the entrance had been trampled, it looked like a den with some activity coming in and out. Using …
Animal Tracking
When I went to my phenology spot today, I saw little wildlife. I saw no animals and heard no birds. While walking, I heard only the sound of the wind and the moving trees. The trail was very icy, so it was hard to look for prints. However, I did find some animal prints further …
Dec. 8 – Snowy Woods
Today, there was a lot of snow in Centennial Woods. The area looks very different from the last time I visited in Fall. Now, the forest is covered in a white blanket with many footprints leading the way. The only animals that I could detect in the area were birds chirping, dog prints, squirrel prints, …
Nov. 29 – “new” phenology spot
I’m spending Thanksgiving in DC, which has very few natural areas. Since it is a city, I would have to make more than a 30-minute drive to visit a natural place. For this reason, I chose my small backyard. This backyard was renovated and has looked different before. It has gone through some cycles of …
Nov 4 – Visiting Again
Key: Pink – Eastern White Pines, Orange – Paper Birch, yellow – Norway Maple, red – White Oak, green – ferns, brown – dead/bare shrubs, blue – stream, white – outline of path, purple – center of phenology spot When sitting down in my phenology spot (Centennial Woods), it was very quiet. The main noises …
Hello world!
Hi, I finished setting up my blog/site and also joined the inaturalist project. My location is a spot in Centennial Woods. When in front of the Davis Center oval, head straight towards the parking lot and continue around the corner past the pollinator garden. At the intersection turn right and continue past the light. You …