At home phenology site
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.