{"id":25,"date":"2021-12-10T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/?p=25"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:20:24","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T21:20:24","slug":"blog-site-in-the-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/thmullin\/2021\/12\/10\/blog-site-in-the-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Site in the Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This week, I visited my location the day after it had snowed. The ground was mostly covered with untouched snow, broken only by a few footprints and pockets of snow fallen from trees. I was able to find the tracks of a couple animals (pictured below). While I have no prior experience tracking animals, through consulting a track book, I believe that the animals were a small ground animal, such as a grey squirrel or marten. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landscape has transitioned to winter, with the only leaves hanging on to the trees being a few dingy maple leaves. On the ground, snow has taken over most greenery, but a few ostrich ferns remain alive above the ferns. Previously, I had assumed that my location would be much quieter during the winter, with the snow dampening outside noise, but I found the not to be the case entirely. While there was less sound from from the plants, I found that it was easy to hear animal movements through tree branches and bird calls throughout the forest. Noise from the nearby road was also still audible, although not a large nuisance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are pictured what I saw on my visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week, I visited my location the day after it had snowed. The ground was mostly covered with untouched snow, broken only by a few footprints and pockets of snow fallen from trees. I was able to find the tracks of a couple animals (pictured below). While I have no prior experience tracking animals, through … <\/p>\n

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