I think that my site in a bend in centennial brook has changed in the 8 months i’ve been regularly visiting it. Maybe how it has changed is consistent as to how it has changed several years into the past yet these seasonal changes were new to me and will continue to be. As the …
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April 2025 Phenology
I was out of town for a timbersports competition during the bio-blitz so I was not able to see many species and count them towards the burlington team as I was in New Hampshire and Maine. So for this assignment, I am going to share some of the species I saw while I was away …
4/16 Phenology Walk
I was originally supposed to take this walk on monday (4/14) but something came up leading to me having to do it today. Unfortunately, today was a crisp 40° and snowing while monday would have been 60° and sunny. Odd weather patterns like this can lead to disruptions in the phenophases of plant as if …
NR1020 2/24 Phenology Assignment 2
Over the past couple of weeks, i’ve been recording signs of life all across burlington. The most significant to me was going to delta park and walking across the frozen Winooski River to reach Halfmoon Cove. This area was rich with wetland plant as well as beaver lodges. There was a similar structure to a …
Thomas Chamberlain NR1020 Phenology Assignment 1
1/19/2025 This was the first time i’d been back to my spot since the last assignment for NR1010 last semester. In my absence a lot had changed at my bend in Centennial Brook. When I had left, there had been snow on the ground but now much of the top of the stream was frozen …
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Phenology Assignment 5
12/3/2024 It was refreshing to return to my phenology place as it acts as a familiar place even when it is relentlessly in its seasonal ebb and flow. As I enter Centennial Woods, there is a blanketing stillness. A lack of movement defines every part of the landscape from the trees not shaking with the …
Phenology Assignment 4
Rather than my typical phenology spot, for this assignment my location was in my backyard. More specifically than that, my backyard which is in northeastern Virginia. Identifying the environmental features here was different than my typical phenology spot as even though I had grown up here, I am much more adept at the composition of …
Phenology Assignment 3
This assignment began with spending 15 minutes experiencing my spot in centennial woods. During this time I heard a variety of things. Faintly in the background I heard the hum of cars driving up and down the roads outside of the woods. Much closer to where I was though, I heard the the flow of …
(10/9/24) Blog Post
My Location for this phenology project is a small bend in a stream in Centennial Woods. I chose this spot because of an interest I have in river morphology as in this bend there are various features such as rock and logs that change the speed and direction of flow leading to different micro environments existing. …