Over break I chose for my phenology site to be in the small natural area behind my house. I always loved playing outside and in the woods around my house and I was glad to be able to go back out and experience it with a little more knowledge about the ecology of the area. Compared to my Burlington phenology site, this site is very similar in terms of it’s phenology as both sites have trees that have lost more or all of their leaves with many leaves covering the ground. For ecology, my break phenology site shares a few of the trees from my Burlington site such as northern red oak, witch hazel, white and green ash. The one main difference I noticed was that my break site had lots of black walnut trees which also leave large walnuts on the ground. There was also a common privet plant with lots of dark berries on its branches.
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The gift that I left at my break site was refilling the bird feeder my dad puts out but hasn’t been refilled in a long time so I hope the birds that are still here enjoy the seeds before they migrate or the birds will enjoy the seeds once they return from migration. In the picture it looks like the feeder is still empty but its just a really big feeder so all the seed is at the bottom where you can’t see it but the birds can still get to it.
