Author: Marisa Toth

Welcome to my actual last real post for the semester 🙁 This week instead of going to my phenology spot for the usual update, I participated in the City Nature Challenge with some of my NR2 lab friends! We did not do anything crazy and just explored around campus for the challenge. It was relatively… Continue reading City Nature Challenge Experience

To say I am sad that this is my last visit is an understatement. Over the school year I have really been able to connect with my place and get an understanding of the natural processes that take place there. Other than the changing of leaves and other plants at my sight, one of the… Continue reading Last Visit 🙁

Welcome back to my phenology blog! It’s so warm and I’m so happy about it. It feels like things are finally coming back to life in Centennial Woods, which meant I spent a long time there getting reacquainted with my spot after the long winter. For this reason, I have quite a few random updates.… Continue reading Spring Beech Trip!

Welcome back to my blog! I was back at Centennial this week to check on my little American Beech I found before break. I’m not going to lie, it looks exactly the same as it did before spring break. The buds may be a little wider, but nothing super noticeable. However, this is expected because… Continue reading Another Trip to the Beech

Welcome back to my phenology blog! This week was spring break, meaning I had the opportunity to explore a new place. I stayed in Burlington this week to go on a service trip, giving me the opportunity to meet new people and see new places. The ecolodge we stayed at in Starksboro had hiking trails… Continue reading Where are we Going Now???

For this weeks phenology assignment I had to find a certain tree and identify it using the iNaturalist App. I had a bit of a hard time finding a deciduous tree among the lush population of Hemlocks at my spot, but I did find a young American Beech. I could immediately tell this tree was… Continue reading Let’s go to the Beech

Welcome back to my Phenology Blog! This week instead of going to my typical spot at Centennial, my friends and I headed to Rock Point and North Beach for this weeks class wide bio blitz! We did not see much since the snow was starting to melt, but there was a patch that we saw… Continue reading Wait, This Isn’t Centennial…

With the start of the semester in full swing, it was time for me to visit my phenology spot! I really missed my biweekly visits and cannot wait to see what kinds of changes are in store for this semester. The first and most prevalent change is the snow! It got a little warmer yesterday… Continue reading New Year at Centennial

As this semester comes to a close, I took my final trip to Centennial this semester. I know the first thing that is on our minds is, was there a Bill sighting? I am delighted to say that, yes! There was indeed a Bill sighting! In case you do not remember, Bill is the squirrel… Continue reading Final Visit of the Semester 🙁

This past week was Thanksgiving Break so instead of my biweekly trip to Centennial Woods, I was home for the holiday. I decided to choose a place near my hometown to investigate and selected a location near the border of Brecksville Metropark and Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Brecksville, Ohio. This is a place along… Continue reading Centennial takes an Ohio Detour!?