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I’ve seen my site in every season except for summer now. I’ve seen it bright green and lively, I’ve seen it white and frozen, and now it’s all shades of dull brown and the gush of running water as it finds it’s legs after winter. The stream is definitely the biggest landmark, and it’s been… Continue reading final blog post

I explored the Cassavant Natural Area in Winooski for City Nature Challenge. I used iNaturalist a lot, not only for classes, but for my own personal interests, so I was totally fine using it. In fact, I probably would have used it anyways even if City Nature Challenge wasn’t going on. I enountered 15 species,… Continue reading City Nature Challenge!!!

I ventured out around campus to complete my phenology walk on 04-15-25. It was very windy and a bit rainy. In general, “N” was the answer for almost every question the app asked me. 3 out of the 5 trees had begun to break buds – Sugar Maple, White Oak, and Red Maple – but… Continue reading Phenology Walk

This past week, I ventured out into Burlington in search of tracks. I utilized the Intervale lab in order to find wildlife sign in the land-sharing farmland. Unfortunately, most tracks were indistinguishable, lost to snow and time. Thus, I had to do a lot of inference to figure out what I found. At first glance,… Continue reading Tracking in Burlington

It’s been a little over a month since I last visited the stream. Last time I was there, ice was beginning to seep in through cracks in the earth, and the ground was cold and solid. Now, it is a sea of pale white snow, and what was once a meager trickle of water is… Continue reading January

Upon visiting my site, the first change I noticed since my initial visit was the difference in foliage. When I first visited, the site was decorated with brilliant greens. Then, the world transitioned into vibrant reds and dull yellow-oranges. Now, only the conifers remain, standing tall and out of reach. A few long-dead, curled-up leaves… Continue reading December

Prior to choosing my phenology spot, I already had a spot back home where I’d go with my buddies to forage and hang out. A ten-minute walk or so from my house, a forested hill steeply overlooks the parkway they built a few years back. The ecology here compared to my phenology spot is lacking… Continue reading “The Spot”

I sat in silence for 15 minutes on a moss covered log at my spot. The ground was covered in crisp leaves. The sugar maples were the only deciduous trees that still had leaves holding on by now. The occasional Northern Hemlock and Eastern White Pine stood tall above. Their conifer litter danced on the… Continue reading Sensory Experience

There are few non-woody plants. Instead, conifer litter and fallen leaves make up most of the ground cover, filling in the spaces around the stream with pops of yellow. Some large ferns and moss occasionally dot the area.