{"id":86,"date":"2025-01-26T20:46:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T01:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/?p=86"},"modified":"2025-01-26T20:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T01:46:25","slug":"welcome-back-to-semester-2-at-salmon-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/2025\/01\/26\/welcome-back-to-semester-2-at-salmon-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome back to Semester 2 at Salmon Hole!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-87\" style=\"width:365px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1923-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Hello again! This weekend I trekked back to Salmon Hole to visit my phenology spot in the new semester. Immediately I noticed a thick layer of ice covering almost the entire waterway. There was slightly less snow than at my last visit, however, there was plenty of ice this time to make up for it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1924-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1925-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While walking in, I spotted some tracks along the trail. I believe they are bunny tracks because of slightly rectangular shape of the prints and the distinction between the large and small footprints. Once I identified and snapped a picture of the tracks, I kept walking and heard birds around me and noticed there was a woodpecker in the tree above! Although the woodpecker was being shy to the camera, I recorded the sounds of the other birds nearby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1931.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest of the site yielded no significant signs of animals aside from the beaver marks from my last visit and some prints from a dog and their owner. There was much less leaf little peaking out from under the snow than last time, but the basswoods still had a few leaves remaining on their branches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-100\" style=\"width:229px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1940-2-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-99\" style=\"width:408px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1932-2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98\" style=\"width:228px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1941-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> The final bit of winter excitement occurred on my walk back when I spotted a series of fully frozen waterfalls! It was so interesting to see how, even though there was less snow than at my last visit, there was so much more ice! See you next time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1943-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1938-1-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello again! This weekend I trekked back to Salmon Hole to visit my phenology spot in the new semester. Immediately I noticed a thick layer of ice covering almost the entire waterway. There was slightly less snow than at my last visit, however, there was plenty of ice this time to make up for it! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/2025\/01\/26\/welcome-back-to-semester-2-at-salmon-hole\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Welcome back to Semester 2 at Salmon Hole!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phenology-posts"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"sedow","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/author\/sedow\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/sedow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}