{"id":40,"date":"2020-11-29T19:52:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T00:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jhricephenologyspot\/?p=40"},"modified":"2020-12-05T19:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T00:54:00","slug":"11-29-20-phenology-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/jhricephenologyspot\/2020\/11\/29\/11-29-20-phenology-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"11\/29\/20 – Phenology At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For my at-home phenology spot, I ventured to one of my favorite places in the world, Newfound Lake. I chose a site by the water at Camp Onaway, about a fifteen minute walk from my house, or five minute paddle by kayak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice, J. (2020). [Screenshot from Google Maps, Newfound Lake, New Hampshire].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On this brisk Sunday afternoon, I stepped through the entrance to the girl’s camp. Entering a cathedral of hemlocks, bird songs accompanied my footsteps as the only noise throughout the forest. Past the hemlocks, I saw an array of eastern white pines, and various paper and yellow birches throughout the woods. I saw evidence of herbivory as well; chewed up pinecones littered the forest floor, and their consumers could be heard rustling among fallen leaves, preparing for the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice, J. (2020). [Half-eaten pinecone].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rice, J. (2020). [Eastern white pine needles].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rice, J. (2020). [Piece of old bee\/wasp nest].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I arrived at my spot \u2014 the familiar granite slab with its lone pine sapling marked the divide between the forest and the lake\u2019s grandiose beauty. At sunset, cotton candy skies reflected off of miles of glassy water, which will begin to freeze within weeks as winter approaches. Marveling over the same view I\u2019ve marveled over hundreds of times, I watch a bald eagle take off flying across the lake to Paradise Point, landing on an immense white pine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice, J. (2020). [White pine sapling and Newfound Lake].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As I moved around a lot in high school, the lake was the constant that never failed to give me a feeling of \u201chome.\u201d I find that this feeling coincides with the natural beauty of Newfound, and my appreciation for the natural processes that allow for this beauty to exist. I\u2019m not sure whether McKenzie Park elicits this \u201chome\u201d feeling in me, but I feel the same peace in my chest when I sit on that river bank and take in the world. The natural processes of these spots differ, yet what is found at both spots proves nature invaluable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rice, J. (2020). [Curly grass and some moss].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rice, J. (2020). [Sunset on Newfound Lake].<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For my at-home phenology spot, I ventured to one of my favorite places in the world, Newfound Lake. I chose a site by the water at Camp Onaway, about a fifteen minute walk from my house, or five minute paddle by kayak. On this brisk Sunday afternoon, I stepped through the entrance to the girl’s … <\/p>\n

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