Month: November 2023

For break, I stayed with my friends family in Oak Island North Carolina. During our time in Oak Island, we spent some time outdoors at the nature center at the Memorial Waterway Park area.

This place is special because it is an accessible place that allows people to be in nature. At this park, there are signs that help identify some plant and animal species, information about the land, a small garden, a dock that goes to the water, etc. With all that this place offers, it provides a natural area for everyone.

Compared to my phenology spot at Centennial, this place is smaller and has some similar and different plant species. Some of the plant species at this park are magnolia, red maple, sugar maple, red cedar, post oak, ladder fern, etc. Some of the animal species are great blue heron, red-tailed hawk, gray squirrel, snowy egret, etc.

15 minutes in nature 🙂

Today I visited my phenology spot and spent 15 minutes of silence there where I observed my surroundings . It was really quiet and there were some noises from birds in the trees and flying around, a squirrel in the shrubs, the water from the stream, and the wind going through the trees.

Phenological Changes

Compared to two weeks ago, very little of the vegetation is the same. There are some dead trees that have partially fallen over and some of the vegetation such as the ferns and grasses have died. Most of the leaves have fallen off all the trees except for the Eastern White Pines, and some of the White Oaks. The white oaks were short in height and had orange and red leaves. In the eastern white pines, there was a birds nest that my friends said was there last time. There was also lots of dead organic matter mixed with the mud on the ground. This included fallen leaves, pines, pinecones, grass, and some of the dead vegetation.