Salmon Hole- Lindsey Papasian

Upon returning back to my hometown, Northport New York I decided that I wanted to have my new temporary phenology site be at Crab Meadow beach which is about 10 minutes from my house. I wanted to choose this spot as my phenology spot because it’s a significant place in my town for myself and everyone else living here. As kids we all used to play here at the beach and on the playground and it was nice to go back again and see that it really has not changed. In the summer usually I can see some snails, horseshoe crabs and little fish in the water but that day I only saw seaweed in the water. Next to the beach is a lot of marsh land which has grasses in it while the beach is pretty much only sand with the odd bush or tree here and there. There is a lot of seagulls at crab meadow and a lot of crabs. Crab Meadow is a popular spot for people to go in my town and there’s a restaurant down there as well, because of the amount of traffic there is some litter around from people eating dinner down there. Crab meadow is also a frequented fishing spot so it’s not uncommon to see fishing lines laying around which can be dangerous to the species living there. It was very nice to go back on a quiet day and spend some time there and remember some of the fun times I had there when I was a little younger.

today a classmate and I embarked on a journey down to the Winooski Bridge. It was a rainy walk down but the vibrant leaves on the trees (with leaves still remaining) stuck out against the gray skies. When we first started our walk down Colchester Ave. we saw this really beautiful and vibrant red bush that unfortunately we were unable to identify but wanted to stop and take a picture of it. Our first official stop however was the Greenmount cemetery. It was very peaceful and quite beautiful in the cemetery. We noted there was a lot of coniferous trees lining the cemetery and within we saw more deciduous trees. Most of the leaves had fallen off the trees, but right in the middle of the cemetery we saw an Linden tree with bright yellow leaves. Our next stop was the overlook above the Salmon hole, usually i would walk down to the Salmin hole but it was a bit muddy to climb down to the salmon hole itself. At the overlook we were able to see how the water was higher on the rocks than usual due to the precipitation (not as high as it was at my last blog though). At the overlook we saw a lot of Maple and Red Oak trees and their leaves were all over. At our final destination, the Winooski Bridge we got a good look at the dam and the river below. We were looking over the rock formations and the rapids in the Winooski river and I thought it was interesting how calm the water was in every part except for the one section where there are rapids. After our adventure I felt I had a fuller knowledge of the phenology of the area, I would definitely do it again.