My phenological site has changed over time. I’ve seen the leaves on the trees change color, fall, and start to blossom again. It’s amazing to look at the same tree over many months and see its leaves life cycles. I never noticed a huge human-caused change. A major landmark I have become familiar with is […]
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April 24 Final Prompt
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April 9, Winter Tree Changes
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This week it was warmer than my last visit so there were signs of budding on my tree, but there are no leaves yet or flowering.
March 27, Winter Tree Changes
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This week, I revisited my paper birch (Betula Papyrifera) tree. Once again, the tree had no evidence of flowering. I couldn’t see any branches low enough to tell if there was budding, but some of the nearby trees had budding. I hypothesize that at my next visit, it will have started to bud, because by […]
March 6: Winter Tree Lookalikes
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2023 | Leave a Comment »
At this visit to my phenology site I found a paper birch (Betula Papyrifera). This tree had no evidence of flowering and is often mistaken for its winter lookalikes, gray birch, yellow birch, and river birch. I knew that this tree was a paper birch because of its thin paper like bark that peels.
February 20: Greater Burlington Area: Signs of Wildlife with INaturalist
Posted in Uncategorized on February 15, 2023 | Leave a Comment »
I went into Centennial Woods to look for tracks this week, because I wanted to explore it with my new knowledge of tracking. I encountered a cottontail rabbit trail, white-tailed deer, grey fox trail, and a bitten out tree trunk from a beaver. I uploaded the pictures below to INaturalist. I had trouble identifying the […]
January 27: Signs of Wildlife
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2023 | Leave a Comment »
This visit to Centennial Woods made me notice a lot of phenological changes, most prominent being the snow cover. The bushes I had once seen were covered with fallen snow, as was the ground. The stream wasn’t fully frozen like I had expected, because it was a sunny day with blue skies. As for signs […]
December 8: Final Phenology Visit of the Semester!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 10, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
The leaves in this spot have all fallen and are crunched up on the ground. There are still some ground cover ferns, but not many. It had just rained so the dirt was wet and I saw dog footprints, but no traces of wild species. The animal activity increased, I saw a squirrel. I enjoyed […]
November 28: Sulphur Springs at the Cleveland Metroparks
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Over Thanksgiving break, I went on a long walk through the metro parks near my house. There was significantly less vegetation than at my phenology spot in Centennial Woods. At Sulphur Springs, there are hickory, sugar maple, American beech, and small waterfalls.
November 7th: Less Vegetation
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Today I sat in the center of my phenology spot for 15 minutes and used my senses to get to know the area. I closed my eyes and heard a few birds but not that many because it’s getting colder out. I saw a variety of tree species (shown below), and I even noticed ferns […]
October 17th: First Visit!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2022 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to my phenology blog for Centennial Woods! My spot is a little ways in from the start of the trails, it’s a stream located next to a wooden walkway. I chose this spot because I remember coming here for the first lab and passing this stream, I thought it was beautiful and liked the […]