Durning the BioBlitz I spent a lot of time in Centennial woods and the bike path while walking to work. I wish it had lasted a little longer and I would have gone to other places. I ended up logging around 36 species but definitely saw a lot more. The first time I ever used …
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April 28, 2023
Going back to the original site for the final time after spending all year there was bittersweet. The most obvious phenological changes were the changes in foliage and the pond’s water level. Below is my sit-down sketch, instead of the water level being high enough to cover most of the area, there is now a …
April 10, 2023
The red maple tree’s buds still have not yet shown any signs of flowering. I was hoping the slightly warmer weather would have encouraged some growth but they have stayed the same size. I found other trees and shrubs that had further growth like the red elderberry and a box elder pictured below. I should …
March 5, 2023
For the location of the tree, I picked one close to the entrance of Cenntenial Woods. I found a small red maple tree growing on the ground I decided to use it for my observations because I was able to get a better look at the buds. To identify the tree as a red maple …
February 14, 2023
For my new location, I decided to just go to the other side of Centennial woods where I don’t usually go. The day That I went there wasn’t much snow and the prints that were there were very hard to see. Most of them just looked like circles in the woods and the melting of …
January 27, 2023
Since last semester there have been a lot of changes. The most obvious ones being the snow and the bare trees. The pond looked to have frozen over and there was a layer of snow on top, there were no tracks or marks of any kind in the snow about the pond. On the way …
November 5, 2022
When I returned back to the site I noticed the water level had gone down, I think this is a result of not having much rain the past few weeks. There were also fewer insects either because of the drop in temperature or less water. As a was sitting there I noticed there weren’t as …
Centennial Brook Phenology Project
October 7, 2022 Hi there! I chose to pick a spot in Centennial Brook for my phenology project just because I’ve walk to it a few times this year and have already started to see changes before starting this assignment. From the entrance to Centennial woods you basically take the trails that veer right until …