{"id":241,"date":"2025-04-28T22:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T02:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nr1010phenologyprojecthammer\/?p=241"},"modified":"2025-04-28T23:10:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T03:10:42","slug":"april-26th-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/nr1010phenologyprojecthammer\/2025\/04\/28\/april-26th-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"April 26th, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

City Nature Challenge!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the weather has not been on our side here in Burlington for going out and exploring during this year’s City Nature Challenge. Fortunately, I did not care. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I spent the better half of Saturday outside, exploring some of Burlington’s natural areas in the rain. I learned that my jacket is not, in fact, waterproof and that I love solo hiking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I left my room at around 2:30 pm, equipped with my camera and Merlin bird ID app, and didn’t get back until 6:30 pm–give or take the 15 minutes I spent questioning my choices trying to dry myself off in a bathroom in the middle of campus. I walked just about 5 miles in total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a rough estimate of my path I mapped out, I took a lot of turns and walked back and forth on trails (I got lost) in Centennial Woods so I don’t think that part of the map is accurate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First, a quick stop at the bird feeder in between Jeffords and the Police Station!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White-throated Sparrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goldfinch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While most of the birds were in the brush behind the feeder, I also saw some black-capped chickadees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centennial Woods<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First stop: Centennial Woods! (Not counting the 15 minutes I stopped at the bird feeder on the side of the road<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I took a Merlin recording as I walked down the start of the trail. It picked up Dark-eyed Junco, Northern Cardinal, Merlin, Downy Woodpecker and Northern House Wren calls\/songs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stopped at the bird feeder by the stream for a while and set up Merlin again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blue Jay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tufted Titmouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goldfinch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goldfinch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Downy Woodpecker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Goldenfinches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
These are only some the birds I saw, there were many more I heard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After recording for around 20 minutes near the bird feeder and open area, the app picked up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n