{"id":47,"date":"2025-01-24T16:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/?p=47"},"modified":"2025-01-24T16:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T21:37:14","slug":"first-post-10-14-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/2025\/01\/24\/first-post-10-14-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post: 10\/14\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The spot I chose for my phenology project is in the North of Centennial Woods. I chose this spot because it had a fair number of deciduous trees in the area and the ground wasn&#8217;t too difficult to walk on as there were less shrubby plants.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-06-132313-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7\" style=\"width:329px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-06-132313-1.png 727w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-06-132313-1-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The vegetation in my block is pretty light compared to some of the other areas around it. There are a few <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246792282\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246792282\">ferns <\/a>on the forest floor, along with some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246007922\">striped maples,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246012431\">partridge berry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My block has several large hardwood trees, with a few smaller coniferous trees. Many of the hardwoods surround the trail while the smaller hemlocks and sugar maples are in the center of the site. These trees include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246007263\">Eastern Hemlock <\/a>(5)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246012176\">Sugar Maple<\/a> (4)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246006452\">Red Pine<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246010153\">Sweet Birch<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246006992\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246006992\">Norway Maple<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246793728\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/246793728\">Bigtooth Aspen<\/a> (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" style=\"width:442px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-1568x2091.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_1147-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While in my project area on October 11th, I heard what sounded like a Red Tailed Hawk, as well as a pileated woodpecker in the chaos following. I was not able to get a recording, but it did sound similar to the call Merlin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spot I chose for my phenology project is in the North of Centennial Woods. I chose this spot because it had a fair number of deciduous trees in the area and the ground wasn&#8217;t too difficult to walk on as there were less shrubby plants. The vegetation in my block is pretty light compared &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/2025\/01\/24\/first-post-10-14-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;First Post: 10\/14\/2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9790,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"nmunson","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/author\/nmunson\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9790"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nmunson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}