On April 12th, 2012 I went out for phenology. It was dark, cloudy, chilly, and windy. There was a duck in the creek, which was four centimeters lower than it was the last time that I had taken phenology.The duck was a male mallard duck, and flew away from me when I got near it and looked at it. The duck flew further upstream, sort of near the bridge. It was just swimming around, maybe looking for food or just lounging around.
The willow tree right next to my spot had leaves that were bloomed, they weren't fully grown though, but it was a large difference between now and when I last took phenology. The leaves were a good green colour and so were some of it's branches from where the leaves were coming out of. The grass also was a rather green colour. It especially was green across the creek, sort of like a golf course. The creek was also narrower, which I think is because there were a bunch of twigs and branches up the creek further.
When I did the sound tapestry I didn't hear as many sounds as I did last time I did phenology. I think that there wasn't as many animal sounds because it was dark and rainy outside. I only heard a bird, a duck, and the water, which is a very low amount of things. I'm really looking towards to see how many I will hear next time.
It was pretty chilly the other day, and I wore flip flops and shorts, I am glad that there is natural water instead of pumping it up. Water is very important so YAY! for a rainy day.
ReplyDeleteWasn't it somewhat rejuvenating to go outside in the rain? The various descriptions of "green" you have provided here appear vividly in my mind as those fresh, clean greens that seem only to appear during spring showers.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that there wasn't as many sounds too, I also believe that it was due to the gloomy weather.
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