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| Ice on February 5th |
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| Ice on February 12th The extent of the ice even reached to my spot which is on the edge of the land you can see on the right side of the pictures. Interestingly the ice wasn't a solid mass at it's furthest reach, it was a PATTERN of roughly circular pieces all floating next to each other, almost quilt-like.  Another pattern I observed at my site included the fact that the majority of trees at the edge of the point consisted of the same species, some sort of Cedar I believe. These Cedar trees composed pretty much the entire top layer of trees, though there were some smaller, different deciduous species in the understory. In addition most of the animal tracks I saw on my walk to my spot followed natural hollows in the land. It will be interesting to see whether the floating patches of ice have solidified into a sheet or changed in any other way the next time I visit my site. |
THESE PATTERNS ARE SO COOL!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to have such an awesome spot. Going there yesterday, I can see you have a lot to look forward to. :-)
Hi Jenny~
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful photos documenting some intriguing patterns. Thanks, too, for the fine intro to phenology. I am impressed you have navigated the bus system to get to your place!
Walt
Those little circle things in the ice are SO COOL! I saw these pictures before I went to my place, and I tried to look for them in the ice but no luck...
ReplyDeleteJenny! You have such wonderful photos! I love how you have incorporated wildlife with the waterside. You're sketch is also very well done :) I like how you started your blog with a definition of phenology...very informative!
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