This past weekend I made one last trip to my phenology site in Centennial Woods. Located right off campus and a peaceful escape for many students, faculty, and Burlington residents, this is an areas where nature and culture intertwine. As we have learned this year, our actions impact all natural areas especially ones located close …
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Species Interaction Diagram
This is a species interaction diagram including 7 species commonly found in Centennial Woods. The species listed are: Pileated Woodpecker, Carpenter Ant, Eastern White Pine, Eastern Hemlock, Eastern Cottontail, White Tailed Deer, and grass.
City Nature Challenge
For the City Nature Challenge I explored Centennial Woods. I also went downtown to Church Street and observed species but did not log anything during that trip. Using iNaturalist was a bit challenging to figure out how to join the NR2 project and uploading species that I was unsure of. I do not have a …
iNaturalist
I explored centennial woods! I saw a bunch of Robins eating from the crab apple trees on my way there and a few crows. In order of posting I believe these tracks are: bobcat, mink?, unsure but the track pattern looked like a pacer, and a rabbit. The app couldn’t identify the tracks – they …
January 29th Update
This was my first time seeing my phenology site with snow on the ground! There was less snow underneath all the pine and hemlock trees which probably makes this area a good place for smaller animals to travel through. Mostly everything looks the same except the river was much lower and frozen over but there …
December 11 Update
My most recent trip to my phenology site! Unfortunately I was not able to visit my site while there was snow on the ground so I did not see any animal tracks. However, I found some possible areas where animals may be storing food or building a home for the winter. The coniferous trees have …
Event Map
My walk to Lake Champlain!
Birds-Eye Map and Update
Update! Not much has changed since I visited last however, the oak tree (species of oak now under investigation) by the stream is a bright yellow! I am going to try and take a picture from the same spot every time to compare changes more easily. The stream was much higher after all the rain …
Welcome!
Vegetation This area is mainly surrounded by mature Eastern White Pine and Eastern Hemlock trees along with a few Sugar Maple and Red Oak trees by the stream. There is not any low vegetation except for some ferns but there are some mushrooms (: I can’t wait to see what animals make a home out …