What’s up phenology friends!! We are back for the spring semester in our favorite place ever – Centennial Woods! Vermont has been crazy cold these past few weeks but the phenology grind does not stop, don’t worry.
I visited Centennial a few days ago to see how my spot has changed since I left for winter break and I am happy to report that I found it just the way I left it! While the snow cover was a bit thinner than it was in December, the tress were still bare, and the creek was frozen.
The photo to the left is a dog track that was beside the pathway near my phenology spot. I used my Mammal Tracks and Scat guid to help me identify these tracks. The paths through Centennial were covered with dog tracks that ranged in size.
Here is more of a sky-view of my phenology spot in Centennial woods. Every time I visit my spot, I take a picture from this angle as a way to track how the changing seasons have impacted the red maple that is pictured in the top left corner of this photo. In the fall, it was flush with leaves and now it is bare and twiggy. I am very excited to keep watching it as new leaves begin to grow as we approach spring.
