Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Tree and a Stump
As I walk to my site every phenology I listen for sounds other than the water flowing in the creek. When I get to my site I tend to look at the tree to see if there are any birds in it, or any organisms for that matter. I tend to go see the water depth first and see if there are any animals in the water. I jot down what I see and how the whether is.
The tree in my phenology site may be a tad crooked but not by much. As I look from the top of the tree down to the bottom I notice a stump right next to it. There must have been another tree there. I've no idea when that other tree got cut down but the stump is a nice place to lay down my notebook or sit if I don't feel like standing up. There have been times when I've wondered why the other tree had been cut down in the first place. The dirt around the tree and the stump is flat with a few small sticks and twigs laying around it.
I like my site and am glad I picked it.
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As I read this paragraph, I felt like I was walking with you to your site.You made it very simple and plesant.Sounds like a good phenology site.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the initial post, Kas. I'd like to know more about your tree... How tall? What kind? How thick? Proximity to the water? Is the stump you notice completely separate from your tree, or was it simply an additional trunk that was cut?
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