Salmon Hole- Lindsey Papasian

while sitting at my phenology site today I found the water to be very nice to watch. Due to the recent rain the past week or so Winooski River was super flooded, spots that usually have visible rocks, plants, grasses etc. were completely underwater. At the dam above the water was had so much water rushing out of it I kept thinking it was going to break. at the salmon hole the water was moving in a way that was very interesting to watch and at one point i thought a whirlpool was forming. Something i also noticed was the amount of bubbles and foamy buildup in the water. I was wondering about whether that was caused by the motion of the water or by pollutants. the leaves are different than they were on m last visit. all the trees have turned and are loosing the last of their leaves. There was also less people around today but more garbage left around. I saw a lot of wrappers and bottles around. I think on my next Ill do a cleanup.

for my place-based Phenology site I chose to study Salmon hole located in Winooski. I chose this location because it is only about a 15 minute walk from where I live (trinity campus) and i also wanted to find a site that was located near a body of water. In order to get to salmon hole I walk down Colchester Ave and turn onto Riverside Ave before the bridge. There are walking trails down at the salmon hole that lead to river which is nice. some of the shrubbery i saw at my location were sumacs, goldenrods, common buckthorn, and elms. i saw maple and birch trees down at my location as well. While i was at my site (about an hour on Tuesday afternoon) I saw 12 people. For a Tuesday afternoon i thought that was fairly busy and wanted to see if I could find litter around and I saw a few wrappers and bottles and picked them up.

here is a drawing of some leaves i saw down at my site.