Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Phenology...

is the study of recurring plant and animal life cycle events, or phenophases, such as leafing and flowering of plants, maturation of agricultural crops, emergence of insects, and migration of birds.
I didn't realize there was a name for what we like to do. We have begun to monitor for these 2 groups.
http://www.usanpn.org/?q=home
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/index.html
And when we came home, Spring was in full bloom with our redbud and cherry trees.

2 comments:

Anon #1 said...

Hollie...I really love the pictures on your blog...You really are a good photographer. Jill

Anon #1 said...

So, are you guys now officially phenologists?...as opposed to phrenologists?...Jill