Intro To My Phenology

Fascination with the unknown has always been a contributing factor to the peoples thought process of needing to know everything that is going on around us. We seek out to know what we do not, because we do not take comfort in the feeling of the unknown.

Take nature for instance, we are fascinated by shows on Animal Planet, Planet Earth, etc. , because we want to know more about our earth and we want it to be presented to us in the simplest and most captivating way possible. This is in some part what I am hoping to accomplish in my section of this blog. I will admit that I cannot possibly cover everything that there is to know about my site in Pioneer Park, but I will try to fill you in on the things that are fascinating to me, and things that others should be fascinated to know. If there is anything that I have learned during our semester of Phenology, it is that sometimes we do not think to try and understand what is going on right in front of our noses.

About twice a month we go out to Pioneer Park to observe our respective Phenological sites along the creek. We observe the time of day, sunset/rise, and the water/air temperatures. We are guided to do one sketch per visit and to record any sounds that we are hearing. The rest of the period is spent making our own observations individually.

During my visits to the park I tend to focus on one specific subject that is occurring, and then ask questions and observe that subject for the remainder of the visit. In my entries following on this blog I am going to address some of these specific subjects and to inform you on what is going on in our very own Pioneer park.