My phenology site beats your phenology site

As you can see here, I have posted this video instead of having to type up a portrait of my site. I choose it because the tree stood out. It was split into two large, gnarled, main branches. The tree has this really weird cove in it. Sometimes it will be full of candy wrappers, other times large dead beetles. 

Over the course of the last semester's phenology project, certain things happened that I would like to highlight. 
*My phenology tree dropped its leaves very far into the fall season. In fact, it was basically the only tree with leaves on it for a lengthy period of time. 
*The seasonal transition from fall to winter lightened the bark on my tree. 
*The part of the creek in my site is widened. Where this widening is, nature made its very own dam with autumn leaves and twigs after a stormy weekend. The natural dam remained in place for quite a while, forcing the widening to get deeper and even more wider. It was later destroyed by rain/snow fall.


This semester I plan to pay more attention to what is happening around my site. Especially when spring heads our way!