Did you notice that?Are you observant?
Do you like to watch the day-to-day and season-to-season changes in nature? Each year, we cycle through spring, summer, fall, and winter. Each year, flowers bloom, frogs call, and birds migrate at predictable times. Start a phenology journal to track your observations from year-to-year.
Are you observant? Phenology is the study of changes in plants and animals as they respond to weather, climate, and the seasons.
Maple sap flows, hibernating mammals wake up, migratory birds return, amphibians stir, and woodland wildflowers take advantage of the warming sun.
Last call for migrants: watch for the whooping cranes, swans, hawks, Canada geese and cedar waxwings heading south.
Autumnal Equinox arrives (hours of the day and night are equal) September 22, officially the first day of fall.