Centennial Phenology

There is a lot of new life springing up out of the earth this time of year, this is a huge difference from the barren winter land there once was. There is the unfurling of ferns, sprouting green leaves, and new buds on the trees. In this urban environment, nature and culture intersect on the […]

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During the City Nature challenge BioBlitz, I visited Centennial Woods and Winooski to gather information for iNaturalist. My experience using iNaturalist was very easy and fun, I liked to see the suggested species that were found based off of my pictures and it was fun when I already knew what the species was and I […]

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My family and I traveled to and stayed in Charlotte, Vermont for spring break. This area is definitely more rural than Burlington and has some pretty amazing views. The new phenology spot I chose is Laplatte River Marsh Natural Area at Shelburne Bay. As for its natural history, it is pretty similar to the rest […]

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For this exploratory adventure, I went to the Intervale and traversed the slippery and muddy environment looking for tracks and signs of animals. I ended up finding some bounding tracks that only had four toes, which made it difficult to determine which animal they came from. I also found the track of what was probably […]

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As I walked through Centennial Woods today I heard the squeaky crunch of snow beneath my boots but noticed a lack of birds singing or water rippling. Now that the full wrath of winter has fallen upon Vermont my chosen phenological site has gone through some major changes. All of the deciduous trees have shed […]

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Now that the temperatures have dropped and snow has fallen, there are changes in my sight. I saw less ground cover other than a few sparse ferns. The ground is frozen, littered with leaves, and a thin coating of fresh snow. I heard some birds singing, but nothing like the bird irruption talked about in […]

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About 3 miles from my house in Raleigh, North Carolina is the phenology site I chose to observe and compare to the phenology site in Burlington, Vermont. This place is easy to bike, walk, or drive to from my house and I used to go there very often during the pandemic. Shown in the first […]

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Although my phenology site is in Centennial I took some new pathways that I had never been on before and created an event map along the way. I began along the normal path and then went down to the water where it was muddy and rocky, I then followed back along the trail and before […]

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As I sat in Centennial Woods today the weather was high 50s with clear skies. I heard distant bird chirping, loud planes flying overhead, and water rippling in front of me. I saw the trees surrounding me and the leaves and roots beneath my feet. I smelled fresh outside air. My chosen spot felt like […]

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