Burlington Phenology Guild

Monday, April 8, 2013

MIXED METAPHORS????

This is my muddy footprint on snow the morning after the April (FOOLS!) 1st snow storm last week. Spring is coming....just not sure when!

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Share your observations here

Please share your phenological observations! You can post your observation here as a comment, and/or pinpoint your observation using the map above (and the instructions to the right).

Thanks!

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Had a great walk this afternoon that ended in the Rock Point sugarbush. The sap is flowing beautifully! On Friday, Rock Point students collected about 350 gallons of sap! Looking forward to sharing and celebrating this time of year with the Burlington Phenology Guild on Saturday!

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Welcome to Meteorological Spring!

And with that we are going to pay attention to what I consider to be a sure sign that spring is on the way - sugaring! Our next guild gathering will focus on the sweetness of soils and the physiology of the sugar maple. We will also be highlighting phenological monitoring and its importance/connection to the bigger understanding of our ecological communities. Here are the logistics:

What: March Burlington Phenology Guild event

When: Saturday, March 16th

Time: 9 a.m. - noon

Meet in the RPS Library

Bring: Yourself (and a friend), your journal that BPG provided, your curiosity, and your appetite.

This BPG event will spend the first 2 hours mostly outside and then move inside to enjoy a Maple Celebration hosted by Rock Point School students. We will be heading to the dining room for an incredible brunch at 11:00. With that we will also have the option of taking a tour of the sugaring facility at RPS. It is a great community event not to be missed! (The BPG will be covering the cost of the maple brunch for our patrons!)

With that being said, it is important for me to get a solid count of who is planning on attending this month's Guild. As well, if you have the opportunity to carpool, bike or walk, I would recommend it as parking on this morning will be tight.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email. I hope to see you all in a couple of weeks!

Map Your Observations!

Step 1: Click on the Burlington Area Map link in the lower left below the map. This will take you to a Google map that you can edit.
Step 2: In order to edit the map, you must first sign in using your Google name and password in the upper right.
Step 3: Click on the red Edit box. Click and drag a placemark to the location of your observation. Add a title and a description of your observation (include your name and date).
Step 4: Save the changes you have made to the map!
Step 5: Refresh the blog to see the updated map.

Optional Step: If you would like to embed a photo in your placemark, click on Rich Text in the placemark dialog box, and then click on the image icon. This will prompt you to enter the url for an image that has been uploaded to the web. We recommend uploading photos to BPG photo album on Yogile (see link below). Right click on your uploaded photo to get its url address and paste it into the map dialog box. Click OK and save.