{"id":80,"date":"2019-05-02T15:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/?p=80"},"modified":"2019-05-02T15:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T19:30:46","slug":"ferns-and-frog-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/2019\/05\/02\/ferns-and-frog-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferns and Frog eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today I took my last visit to my phenology site for NR1 and 2. The last week of classes has been wet and rainy and as I wound my way through a hemlock stand to get to my site the path filled with squishy mud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a lot has changed at my site since last week, but I was excited to see that the fiddlehead ferns I documented have more than doubled in size! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7570-e1556824350544-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7570-e1556824350544-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7570-e1556824350544-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other exciting moment of the day was that I spotted a few large clusters of eggs submerged in a marshy area next to the brook. I was able to get up close and get some pictures and apply some of the herpetology knowledge I gained in lab this week. I determined that they were most likely frog eggs since they didn&#8217;t have the extra layer of protective jelly that salamander eggs do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7577-e1556824808285-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7577-e1556824808285-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/files\/2019\/05\/IMG_7577-e1556824808285-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our prompt this week was to think on how nature and culture may &#8216;intertwine&#8217; at our place, and whether we see ourselves as part of our place. I think my site is an especially interesting combination of natural and human factors. As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, since power lines run through my place, it is heavily disturbed and vegetation is cut down routinely. That happened just this spring and I was shocked at the visible difference it made. However, as is clear above, nature is still thriving at my place. In fact, I think the disturbance (although not ideal) creates a very specific environmental niche which makes it a unique area in Centennial which is mostly heavily wooded. In short, I think my site is a hopeful example of nature&#8217;s resiliency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for whether I feel I am a part of my place, I would argue no. I enjoy being a visitor there and respectfully coming by to observe those who do call it home (the flora and fauna), but I don&#8217;t feel I have any claim to it nor do I believe I should. Since I am not a part of my place&#8217;s natural processes or its food chain I would not consider myself a part. Perhaps if I had grown up nearby I would feel differently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall I&#8217;m really happy I got to have this experience this year of becoming close to a certain location and getting to observe its ebbs and flows. I think this is an experience everyone should try at some point in their lives, and I&#8217;m sure this will not be the last I see of centennial brook. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I took my last visit to my phenology site for NR1 and 2. The last week of classes has been wet and rainy and as I wound my way through a hemlock stand to get to my site the path filled with squishy mud. Not a lot has changed at my site since last &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/2019\/05\/02\/ferns-and-frog-eggs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ferns and Frog eggs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5332,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/lkolba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}