Unfortunately I missed the Bioblitz because i thought it was continuing through all of last week, not just the previous weekend. So to make up for missing the Bioblitz i decided to go on a walk through Centennial Woods. It was a full circle moment for me and my friend Becky who also came with …
Author Archives: Josslin Muto
Goodbye Rock Point
Rock point has become such a special place to me over my first year at UVM. It was one of the first places I visited with my friends the first week of school to go cliff jumping. My first NR lab was at Rock point where I became friends with the girls I am working …
Tree Updates, Spring has truly Sprung
The weather has really warmed up over the past few weeks and there are now lots of flowers popping up through the soil. All the snow has finally melted and made its way back into lake Champlain. Many of the trees now have leaves and budding. My paper birch has now sprouted leaves. I might …
Spring at Rock Point
The first day of spring was the previous week and already temperatures are starting to warm into the 40s. The snow that once covered the trail to Rock Point and the rocky beach is now almost completely melted, bringing mud season to Vermont. There were some small tulips pushing up through the soil at points …
Spring Break Phenology
Over break I visited the west Hampton dunes. It’s near fire island. At the end of the dunes there is a beautiful park called Cupsogue County Park. There is actually a native bird that nests there called the Atlantic Coast Piping Plover. I saw their nesting area. Seal are also common in the bay. I …
Tree Phenology – Paper Birch
At rock point the most plentiful tree species is the Northern White Cedar. However, on the top of the bluff an interesting assortment of trees can be found including: red maples, oaks, paper birches, American beech, etc. The tree that I chose to investigate is the paper birch. The paper birch is one of my …
Tracking in the Centennial Woods
Centennial woods is a plot of forested land right by the UVM campus. There is a surplus of wildlife found in these woods including squirrels, foxes, beavers, bobcats, mink, white-tailed deer, and many more. The conditions made tracking a little difficult because most of the snow was melted. There had also been rain earlier in …
Return to Rock Point! – Snow edition
Rock Point’s New Look A lot has changed at rock point in the month and half since the last time I visited. Snow now blankets the ground and coats the branches of the trees on the path in. It gives Rock point a whole new look and makes it beautiful in a new wonderful way. …
December Phenology
Rock Point was a balmy 25°F today, but the beautiful sunset that I got to witness made up for the chilly weather. A lot has changed since my first visit to Rock Point, the temperature is significantly colder, the trees are bare, and ice covers some of the rocks and boulders close to the lake, …
Hometown Phenology
This place is extremely special to me because it is my grandparents’ farm. I’ve spent much of my childhood here and have always loved this view. The tree with the bench swing is actually the first tree I ever climbed. Every Tuesday growing up, I used to go to my grandparents’ house after school. And …