#phenology #ornithology #bluetit #spring #ukbirding

Who keeps a journal of the plants they grow?

I talk about my own little experience growing #flax in pots in a new substack article, and I’d love to know if you keep a growing journal.

thetextileorchard.substack.com/p/growing-lo...

#phenology #characterisation #BBCH #DarwinCore #DwC

Why don’t tree flowers look like flower? And why are they flowering right now?!

#tree #trees #plant #plants #flower #flowers #nature #forest #phenology #science #stem

thread #nativeplants Barestem Biscuitroot (Lomatium nudicaule) also at CAMAS OVERLOOK #WALLOWAS #OREGO 1250m

The #phenology is interesting. Emergence from deep taproots, flowering, etc, 2 weeks AFTER Nineleaf, but always in an outer, slightly more rocky, ring.

HOTTER, DRIER climate no problem.

ROCK WREN (Salpinctes obsoletus), recorded above CAMAS OVERLOOK, the WALLOWAS, OREGON Small songbird in rocky, dry, open ecotone within Ponderosa / Doug-fir forest. Long, thin, slightly decurved bill. Light gray line above the eye. Bobs up and down at times when not singing, much like

🎵 musicsky soundcloud.com/cliff-crego/...

ROCK WREN (Salpinctes obsoletus), recorded above CAMAS OVERLOOK, the #WALLOWAS, #OREGON

I’m eagerly awaiting his spring return!

🌕 #Sun2Sound 🎵 #phenology

White flowers and an unfurling leaf of Downy Hawthorn, Crataegus mollis.

🥇 Looks like there's a winner in the #Crataegus flowering race around the Systematic Beds in @cubotanicgarden.bsky.social - #Phenology. 😉

Twinleaf flower with young unfurling leaves

Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla) blooming in the garden today.

#phenology

#phenology Blue-eyed Mary (Collinsia parviflora) A winter annual here at 1300m.

Flowering in unison now, 1000s forming a
kind of dense, delicate ephemeral ground cover,
among Clovers, Waterleaf, Spring Beauties
and Avalanche Lilies.

Diminutive. But 3cm high.

#WALLOWAS #OREGON #nativeplants

Takes a minute to establish which end is the head of this copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidoides) caterpillar

On sourwood

#insect #phenology #birdfood #bugsky

Can you imagine hatching out in the spring and having unlimited acres of fresh, undefended (as of yet) hickory leaves to eat?

#phenology #insects #bugsky

#phenology Bulbous Woodland Star (Lithophragma (Stone + slab) glabrum) flowering now....followed by L. tenellum & L. parviflorum...Saxifrage family, at 1330m #WALLOWAS #OREGON

Trying at present to work
out elevation bandwidth,
+ how this is changing
w/ HOTTER DRIER climate

#wildflowers #climatesky

#nativeplants Cutleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza macrophylla) curved space leaf geometry & venation1250m #WALLOWAS #OREGON Hybridizes w/ B. sagitatta = mixed forms

Like the LOMATIUMS, I see BALSAMORHIZA
as MOVEMENT, w/ wonderfully var forms
emerging like diff. melodies
from the same chord

#phenology

A snowy mountain scene taken in the northern Cairngorms on 5 April 2026.

Woodcrete nest box hanging from a snow-covered tree.

Woodcrete nest box hanging from a tree, with a snowy landscape in the background.

The first week of the 2026 field season is underway, and Storm Dave has provided a chilly – but atmospheric – start. ❄️🏔

63 blue tit nests initiated, so far, with 4 lined. Looking like a later start for us compared to elsewhere in the UK/Western Europe.

#phenology

ETSU MSc student Liz Howe gives a demonstration of her research for the Wild Ones members on our afternoon wildflower tour

Got a nice pic of star MSc student Liz Howe giving a demonstration of her research project with the LI-6800. Measuring gas exchange and #phenology of #spring #wildflowers across elevational gradients.

@li-corenv.bsky.social

A population of about 50 yellow trillium are shown in full flower on the forest floor with morning sunlight breaking through the canopy in the background. Each flower has three mottled green leaves and a bright plume of yellow flowers rising from the center of the leaves

An upclose image of a single yellow trillium. The leaves are mottled with different shades of green and the bright yellow flower petals rise from the center of them

My favorite campus flower is in peak bloom this week! Trillium luteum - yellow #trillium.

#spring #wildflowers #phenology #Tennessee

Despite the #snowstorm, springtime appears to be underway based on this Winged One. The redpolls are coloring up as well.
#birding #birds #goldfinch #UpNorth #winter #birdphotos #birdpictures #phenology

#nativeplants Arrow-leaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata) rising up from newly established colony on rocky, recently disturbed (clear cut) ridge. At 1350m #WALLOWAS #OREGON Nite temp -10C

Read overview by #MONTANA Native Plant Society pdf [161Kb] www.picture-poems.com/pdfs/balsamo...

#phenology

#phenology The TURKEY VULTURES are back! (Cathartes aura)..l #WALLOWAS #OREGON

I have 6 mature birds circling now
overhead…..at 1330m…they “know” me,
at least, that’s what I TELL myself…
They follow me while I’m out running…
I “talk” to them with my bone whistle.

#foto WIKIPEDIA #avian #wilderness

See where flowers and leaves are emerging early after record-warm March About 190 million people across the U.S. are experiencing an early start to spring, based on the behavior of lilac and honeysuckle, data shows.

Really nice article and visuals in @washingtonpost.com this morning showing how spring has arrived early - very early - in much of the lower 48 states
www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...
@usa-npn.bsky.social #phenology @bennollweather.bsky.social

Plant Species Biology: Vol 41, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

The latest issue (Plant Species Biology Vol 41, No.2) has been successfully published!
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#lifehistory #reproduction #pollination #speciation #adaptivemechanisms #populationbiology #diversification #seed #phenology #germination #seed

For those researchers who search social media for #phenology - 30 March 2026 - first day where the spring peepers can be heard from the wetland beside the McCormack Trail in the Dundas Valley Conservation Area (I've collected yrs of obs from same location) #HamOnt #wetlands #herpetology #ecology

NKU students are collecting phenology data for plants. One student is checking a mayapple with a flower bud.

NKU students are collecting phenology data for plants. They are checking young leaves of a Ohio buckeye.

Amur honeysuckle is having young flower buds now as the tiny green buds at the base of leaf stems.

Young leaves are coming out a bud on a Ohio buckeye. They are still dark purple not green.

Perfect day to learn plant #phenology in Ecology lab at NKU REFS today to see how spring ephemerals, shrubs and canopy trees show different life stages in the forest and the difference between native and invasive plants!

light brown colored female junco stands on a wooden porch.

A dark colored male junco stands on a wooden porch.

"The JUNCOS are back in town, the JUNCOS are back in town
I said, the JUNCOS are back in town, the JUNCOS are back in town
The JUNCOS are back in town, the JUNCOS are back in town
The JUNCOS are back in town, the JUNCOS are back in town"

#juncos #TheBoysareBackinTown
#ThinLizzy #Birds #phenology

We often talk about spring arriving earlier. But I wonder if in some years it also arrives more tightly packed.

Blackthorn blossom, bluebell growth, leaf burst, insect emergence — not just shifted forward, but compressed into a shorter window.

#Phenology #SeasonalChange #WildClocks

A closeup of a cluster of pink-white, four-petaled flowers hanging above thin green leaves. Text in the corner of the photo labels this species as Cardamine concatenata

A purple flower with a white center is suspended above a brown decomposing leaf on the forest floor. Text in the corner of the photo labels this species as Viola sororia

A bright yellow swirl of flower petals spirals up from an umbrella of three speckled green leaves. Text in the corner of the photo labels this species as Trillium luteum

A bright white flower with a neon yellow center rises from the brown forest floor. Text below the flower labels this species as Thalictrum thalictroides

Now blooming (or at least active) at ETSU's University Woods. Getting close to peak flowering for the #spring ephemeral #wildflowers!

#wildflowerHour #phenology #flowers

#ClimateBREAKDOWN Reports: The Expanding Atmospheric Sponge: Thirsty Skies & Drying Inland Lakes

LISTEN 10’ summary wav [40Mb] www.picture-poems.com/mp3/thirsty-...

Report pdf [1Mb] www.picture-poems.com/pdfs/inland-...

🌕 #Sun2Sound 🎵 #Klimakrise #phenology VPD is a fundamental 🌿 formative force!

Spring is officially back in National Park Hainich! 🌿
Primrose, wild garlic, and the first blooms of the season are setting the stage for a new field year at our flux tower site. 📊🌱
#NationalParkHainich #ScienceSky #FluxTower #Ecology #FieldSeason #Phenology

Map showing locations (in red tones) where conditions associated with early-season leaf-out are ahead of schedule. Much of the Great Plains is reaching this early-season check-point 3-4 weeks ahead of normal.

Map showing locations (in red tones) where conditions associated with early-season flowering are being reached ahead of normal. Oklahoma and surrounding states are reaching this early-season check-point up to 3 weeks early.

With all the recent record-breaking heat in the western states, it's no surprise to see many locations starting spring green-up (L) and flowering (R) 2-4+ weeks early. Early start=early allergies. Subsequent freeze events could do major damage to crops.
www.usanpn.org/data/maps/sp... #phenology

#nativeplants 🌿 Flower buds emerging today, #OREGON Creeping Grape (Mahonia repens) low-growing, evergreen groundcover. Spreads via signature yellow rhizomes, edible (sour) blue berries, beautiful red/purple winter foliage

Used ifor its high berberine content,
esp. yellow root cambium

#phenology

Join us for our next colloquium! Dr. Njoki Kahiu will share cutting-edge research on vegetation dynamics and fire in the Southwest—linking remote sensing, ecology, and real-world challenges. #NMSU #Geography #EnvironmentalStudies #RemoteSensing #Phenology