This video shows the stream and sounds of many species of birds chirping around my phenology site The map I drew shows the areas in my site that I identified as the most important and notable. Changes My site has significantly changed over the past few months since I have last visited. I did not …

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For this year’s BioBlitz, I explored Centennial woods to see all of the wildlife and plant species that have appeared for Spring. Although the image to the left is not in Centennial woods, they are spread all around campus and I decided to get a picture of one since they all seemed to appear overnight! …

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The images above depict each of the 5 trees visited across campus. The date I explored the phenology walk was April 25th. It was a little overcast, but warm and slightly sunny. Most of the trees across campus seemed to be in the same phenophase. They had buds sprouting all across the species. Many even …

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Where is the spot? While exploring this area, there were many different animal tracks that we observed. Animals such as mice and beavers hold habitat in this environment. When capturing photos using the iNaturalist app, the program helped us identify species we were not sure of. Below displays the multiple species and woody elements we …

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I decided to move my phenology spot to Centennial Woods. This video shows the area I chose to observe for this semester. Observations These were the only track-like features I saw in the snow around my area. The one on the right seems to disappear after reaching the tree, indicating it may be a squirrel. …

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This video shows my entire phenology spot and the overall look of the immediate changes… the snow! SNOW! The biggest change in the foliage is the addition of the snow from the past few days. Compared to the last time I visited Salmon Hole, the trees have now lost all of their leaves, minus a …

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Over my break, I decided to choose the Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary and Audubon as my phenology spot. Wellfleet is where I usually spend the summer, but also visit in the winter (or in this case, Thanksgiving). The Audubon is located on the bay side of Cape Cod, creating marsh land to surround the woody trails …

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The picture to the left depicts a birds-eye view of what my phenology spot at Salmon Hole looks like. As previously described, my area in Salmon Hole is open with prominent features including the staircase and two bridges where the small stream flows towards the larger Winooski River. OBSERVATIONS While observing my phenology spot, I …

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At Salmon Hole, you are surrounded by busy traffic ways, a flowing river, and a small downtown Winooski. I was intrigued in choosing this specific phenology spot because I wanted to identify if the surrounding area, especially the Winooski river, had any effect on the phenology within the forest throughout the seasons. Within Salmon Hole, …

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