Saturday, December 23, 2017

PHENOLOGY CALENDAR

Posted by Wayne G. Barber


First Week of January

Crows scatter across the land in search of food by day, but gather in large groups at night.

Shaking the straight stalks of mullein will release a shower of tiny black seeds on the snow.

Mink tracks along streams often disappear as the animal takes to the water in search of fish, crayfish, or insects.

Second Week of January

Hibernating black bears reabsorb nitrogen from their urine and use it to build new cells.

Short-tailed shrews stay in their warmly-lined nests eating hoarded food when it's cold. They forage under the leaf litter during warmer times.

White tailed deer will remain yarded up beneath hemlock boughs on south-facing slopes when snow is deep.

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