{"id":111,"date":"2023-01-26T21:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T02:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/?p=111"},"modified":"2023-04-24T21:20:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T01:20:37","slug":"hello-who-goes-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/2023\/01\/26\/hello-who-goes-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello! Who goes there?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8154-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">possible raccoon tracks near shoreline <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Still buzzed with post-winter break hangover, our first phenology spot visit of 2023 was, in a word, treacherous. And not like the Taylor Swift Song. Upon our arrival on January 22, we found a once serenely beautiful natural community completely transformed into a death trap of ice and snow. My friend Elise and I bartered on whether a trip down the ice-encased rock to the shoreline was worth the risk of hospitalization (or worse yet, the cost of being airlifted without insurance)- but we ultimately decided to face the trek.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8167-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8144-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a few minor brushes with death, the landscape we discovered was drastically transformed since our visit 6 weeks prior. Most noticeable was the shrinkage of the shoreline. My favorite log (aka \u201csit spot\u201d) had now solidly emerged in lake Champlain, and the rocky shoreline was now only a couple of feet long in width. A once serenely beautiful lake was now so tempestuous that the waves created icicles on the edges of large boulders as they crashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8148-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/New-Recording-39.m4a\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sound of Lake Champlain <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One bonus of all the ice and turmoil was that our area remained relatively untouched by any evidence of human recreation, which meant I discovered some raccoon tracks in the fresh snow.\u00a0(See first photo.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up above, we also managed to find what appeared to be deer and squirrel tracking in the central forest!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1-1537x2048.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8174-1.jpg 1576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/files\/2023\/01\/IMG_8172-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a gentle reminder that even in the most inhabitable conditions, life still persists.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still buzzed with post-winter break hangover, our first phenology spot visit of 2023 was, in a word, treacherous. And not like the Taylor Swift Song. Upon our arrival on January 22, we found a once serenely beautiful natural community completely transformed into a death trap of ice and snow. My friend Elise and I bartered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/isoddu\/2023\/01\/26\/hello-who-goes-there\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hello! 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