Friday May 2 10:30 a.m First, my friends and I had to make a pit stop to pick up our friend Mia from her last class of the first semester. I first traveled to Salmon Hole with Mia, and it only made sense that she came along for my last visit. The walk there was …
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City Nature Challenge 2025
Sunday April 27, 9:30 a.m. Waterfront Park For my BioBlitz adventure, I went to Burlington Waterfront Park early in the morning. I almost didn’t go, but I was dragged out of bed by my friends into the cold and rainy morning. I am happy they did. Before I knew it, I was by the water …
Phenology Walk
Wednesday April 9th I started my phenology walk at the Aiken Center and approached Williams Hall. I found most of the trees to be in the same phenophase. There were no expanding leaves on any of the trees, and almost all of the buds remained closed and dormant. All but the last Norway Maple, which …
Animals Beyond my Salmon Hole
Where? For this new adventure, I thought I would make the journey to Centennial Woods. It had been a while since I had visited, and I was really excited to see the woods with a fresh blanket of snow. I also thought the woods would provide me with a wider variety of animals that I …
Remnants of Critters in Winter
What Has Changed? A month of frigid temperatures and snow has left it’s mark on my phenology site since I last saw it. While I was enjoying the more than comfortable temperatures back home in the South, I cannot say the same for salmon hole. The most notable difference is that the river is frozen …
One Last Visit Before Break
What Remains 12/7/24, 9:30 a.m., 26ºC, Snowing Trudging through the snow I made my way to my phenology site with my friends. We jumped, slipped, and ran as we made our way there. It being my first real snow in 7 years, I was absolutely thrilled to see real snow falling around me. My area …
Legare’s (Public) Beach Hideaway
Location This spot is just off station 42 on one of my local beaches the Isle of Palms (IOP). Significance The spot I chose for my home phenology site holds deep significance to me. This spot is where I would go to escape and just allow myself to calm down and think. I typically frequented …
A Bird’s Eye View of Fall
15 Minutes Among Nature 11/3/24, 8:30 a.m., 38ºC, Sunny The walk to Salmon Hole is normally filled with music blasting in my ears while I chat with my friends as we go to the site. However, this morning my walk was solitary. Arriving to my spot, I could already tell things had changed. The forest …
Where, Why, and What!
Why? When it came to picking a spot for my phenology project, I knew I wanted it to be walkable but somewhere I hadn’t gotten a chance to explore yet. When my friend told me of her own lab that took her to Salmon Hole along the Winooski river, I knew I wanted that to …