This will be my final blog post about my phenology place this year 🙁 I rode my bike down to Salmon H\ole, it was finally warm enough to bike again, about 56 degrees F, and made my first observations of ’22 without snow on the ground. Spring has certainly sprung. There are many green plants …
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April 30th, 2022
This weekend was beautiful spring weather, perfect for the City Nature Challenge iNaturalist BioBlitz! I explored the Intervale (right next to Salmon Hole!) during their Spectacular Nature Day Celebration. My experience using iNaturalist was fantastic, I uploaded some unknown observations that I had no guess as to their identification. By the time I open the …
March 1st, 2022
A week before spring break, my roommate Gwen and I decided to visit the ice caves. We first walked downtown and looked out across Lake Champlain while we waited for the bus. It was pretty well frozen over, several boats and ships were frozen into place. Being down there reminded me of an NR1 lab …
February 21, 2022
On President’s Day, my roommates and I decided to use our day off to go tracking. Gwen and Alexis accompanied me on a “nature walk” as I investigated some tracks. It was about 18-20 degrees and the sky was grey and overcast. The snow was quite poor for tracking, I am used to tracking in …
January 24th, 2022
On this day it was a chilling 17 degrees, but I managed to make my first visit to Salmon Hole of the second semester! Just as it was in December the ground was covered in snow, though quite a bit deeper this time. There was several snowfalls worth of accumulated snow topped with a fresh …
December 9th, 2021
This was my final visit to Salmon Hole before winter break and the end of the semester. It was 27 degrees and sunny with fresh snow on the ground. It was perfect for looking for animal tracks! I was a little apprehensive to commit to the 2 mile journey there though because of the cold, …
October 6th, 2021
I decided to make Salmon Hole my phenology “spot” for a variety of reasons. It is right on the Winooski River and by the Winooski dam so it has a lot going on and a lot to observe. This spot is also only about 2 miles from campus, a very palpable distance for a leisure …
November 8th, 2021
This phenological exploration was not of my spot, Salmon Hole. It was an urban-ish exploration of Burlington. My classmate Alex Doby and I went on a phenological exploration of the UVM dairy farm and the route along the way. The route we rook to get there was the bike/running path behind the UVM outdoor track. …
November 1st, 2021
During this visit to my phenology spot, I sat for a few minutes and experienced the environment with all of my senses. It was a beautiful sunny day, no clouds in the sky. I could hear the cars passing on the nearby bridge but it was otherwise quiet. There was a slight breeze that carried …