{"id":53,"date":"2024-01-29T23:47:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/?p=53"},"modified":"2024-01-29T23:47:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:47:35","slug":"29-january-2024-visit-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/2024\/01\/29\/29-january-2024-visit-4\/","title":{"rendered":"29 January 2024 &#8211; Visit 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After getting back from the long winter break, I&#8217;ve been excited to get back to my phenology spot to see what had changed since I&#8217;d left. Upon my return to the spot in Arthur Park, I had a lot more difficulty traversing the terrain as it is very steep and has been frosted over with some areas blanketed by a sheet of ice. The vegetation has only further deteriorated since my last visit.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM-767x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56\" style=\"width:278px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM-767x1024.png 767w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM-768x1025.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM-1151x1536.png 1151w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.02.03\u202fPM.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM-766x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" style=\"width:292px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM-766x1024.png 766w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM-768x1027.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM-1149x1536.png 1149w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.01.21\u202fPM.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we got down to the water, I was glad to step on the ice and have the confidence to run on it. The ice was very stable and provides a surface for all kinds of different wildlife to walk on in the winter. While we were on the ice, we found tracks for raccoon, otter, opossum, heron, and deer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.15.17\u202fPM-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" style=\"width:270px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.15.17\u202fPM-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.15.17\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.15.17\u202fPM-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.15.17\u202fPM.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM-830x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57\" style=\"width:302px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM-830x1024.png 830w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM-243x300.png 243w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM-768x947.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM-1245x1536.png 1245w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.05\u202fPM.png 1354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60\" style=\"width:430px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-2048x1528.png 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.16.21\u202fPM-1568x1170.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the coldest weather I&#8217;ve experienced and my hardest time getting down to my phenology spot, this visit had to be the most fun I&#8217;ve had on one of these. Despite the difficulty of getting down, it was a fun challenge as I already know the way down well from my past visits. It was also really nice to finally get to see inside of the sea caves and its beauty after all these months of visiting.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"763\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62\" style=\"width:440px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-1536x1145.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-2048x1527.png 2048w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-10.58.32\u202fPM-1568x1169.png 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM-840x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM-840x1024.png 840w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM-768x936.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM-1260x1536.png 1260w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.06\u202fPM.png 1344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM-770x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" style=\"width:281px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM-770x1024.png 770w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM-768x1022.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM-1155x1536.png 1155w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.22\u202fPM.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.44\u202fPM-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.44\u202fPM-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.44\u202fPM-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.44\u202fPM-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2024-01-29-at-11.40.44\u202fPM.png 1364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After getting back from the long winter break, I&#8217;ve been excited to get back to my phenology spot to see what had changed since I&#8217;d left. Upon my return to the spot in Arthur Park, I had a lot more difficulty traversing the terrain as it is very steep and has been frosted over with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/2024\/01\/29\/29-january-2024-visit-4\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">29 January 2024 &#8211; Visit 4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"pmeehan","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/author\/pmeehan\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/pmeehanseacaver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}