{"id":75,"date":"2021-03-05T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T18:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?p=75"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T18:43:54","slug":"march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/2021\/03\/05\/march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"March, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday, I visited the Burlington waterfront to get a different perspective on the phenology of Burlington. It was a chilly day with cloudy skies, and there were not many people out and about. However, I did see many human footprints along with bike paths and dog tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"77\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=77\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_004-1-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-788x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"78\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=78\" class=\"wp-image-78\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-788x1024.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-768x998.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-1182x1536.jpeg 1182w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-1576x2048.jpeg 1576w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_008-scaled.jpeg 1970w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">I walked around the Burlington Bike Path and did some tracking in the fresh snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also found two other animal tracks. Though I&#8217;m not quite sure what the first one was exactly because some of the snow blew into the track making it hard to see its details. However, I think it belongs to some kind of small mammal. The other track belongs to a rabbit. I tried to follow its track, but it got lost when it crossed the bike path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"554\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-554x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"80\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=80\" class=\"wp-image-80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-554x1024.jpeg 554w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-162x300.jpeg 162w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-768x1419.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-831x1536.jpeg 831w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-1108x2048.jpeg 1108w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_000-3-1-scaled.jpeg 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-726x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=81\" class=\"wp-image-81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-726x1024.jpeg 726w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-213x300.jpeg 213w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-768x1083.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-1089x1536.jpeg 1089w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-1452x2048.jpeg 1452w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_007-scaled.jpeg 1815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While I was over by the bike path I noticed very interesting looking buds on a tree. I tried to identify it with the winter twig identification sheet but I couldn&#8217;t find one that matched. Some of the other trees in the area still had leaves on them (though brown in color). In addition, the other plants on the ground were all brown, still in their winter stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"82\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=82\" class=\"wp-image-82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_005-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"83\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=83\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_009-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">The bud and the tree it belongs to.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-1024x684.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-1536x1026.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-2048x1368.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_006-449x300.jpeg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Just another one of the plants waiting for spring to come.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After walking around the bike path, I went over to the waterfront. On the way I noticed that under the snow, the ground was completely covered with ice; it was almost like walking on a natural ice rink. There was a lot of ice on the water as well. Ducks and seagulls were seen resting on it. I also heard some birds chirping in the distance and watched as a few hawks flew over the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"84\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=84\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_001-2-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"85\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=85\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_002-1-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-1024x748.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"86\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=86\" class=\"wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-1024x748.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-768x561.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-1536x1122.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-2048x1495.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_010-411x300.jpeg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> I remembered that during our Echo lab we walked around the park near the Rubenstein laboratory and that there were a few bird houses in the trees back there. I had hoped that I&#8217;d be able to see some birds taking shelter there, but unfortunately there were no signs of any activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"87\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/?attachment_id=87\" class=\"wp-image-87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/mjingram\/files\/2021\/03\/File_003-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">One of the bird houses near the Rubenstein laboratory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I really enjoyed walking around the Burlington waterfront, and I&#8217;m very excited to observe the phenological changes that spring will bring in the near future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again! On Wednesday, I visited the Burlington waterfront to get a different perspective on the phenology of Burlington. It was a chilly day with cloudy skies, and there were not many people out and about. 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