This spot that I chose today is special in that it is my favorite spot to go to when I am staying at my grandparent’s place on Long Island. They live in a 55 and over community that is very cookie cutter and similar all around(even the pond is dyed to look a certain way as pictured below), but it is the only semi-natural area that I can walk to, and it even has my favorite tree a weeping willow. This place is completely different from my Burlington phenology, everything was placed there or made there by man and is routinely taken care of. There are multiple types of trees, willow, birch, some sort of maple, and hemlock. The birches are similar to my original phenology, but the sounds are very different. At this long island spot, there is a highway right next to it, loud sounds of cars and trucks wooshing by take up the majority of the noise, while the centennial woods sounds are taken up by birds and crunching of leaves. I really enjoyed comparing my two spots and seeing the difference in how these areas are kept and altered by man.
