{"id":85,"date":"2024-03-21T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T00:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/srae-\/?p=85"},"modified":"2024-03-23T13:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T17:57:13","slug":"phenology-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/srae-\/2024\/03\/21\/phenology-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Phenology 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There was an abundance of twigs available close to the ground due to a significant event that probably occurred in the past few days:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was very shocked to see the giant ash tree down in the middle of my site when I got there this evening. It took down quite a bit of other plant material with it as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was going to happen at some point or another, and I am glad I was not underneath it when it did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Near the base of the tree I found a branch that seemed to indicate pileated woodpecker activity, which looks somewhat recent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I finally got a good look at the twigs of the ash, as well as the other mature trees in the marsh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the elm seems to have been flowering before it was wounded by the ash tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This particular elm doesn’t look like it will survive. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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birch-possibly yellow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The young sugar maple was unharmed in the incident, and is still dormant. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A faint “who cooks for you” caught my attention, and I crept through the valley leading away from the stream and captured this grainy photo of the culprit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This was the best photo I could get before the owl took off. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I have been hearing a lot of barred owl activity in Centennial woods lately, and on the day of the squall, possibly around the time the ash fell, I recorded this video across the clearing from where my site is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n