smvance70's Journal

On the afternoon of Friday January 31, I went for a walk in the fire trails. On the walk up Centennial Drive, I spotted a group of at least a dozen wild turkeys, which are representative of the bird taxa. At the top of the hill, there were a number of small lizards running around, which I later identified as spiny lizards, representative of the reptile taxa. On the way down the hill, heard the sound of bees buzzing, and saw a few visiting the flowering rosemary bushes. These common honey bees are representative of the insect taxa.

The unidentified plant observed with white flowers and black (what appear to be) seed pods is an example of flowering phenology. (2 photos)

The unidentified plant observed with smooth green leaves and lighter green bud-like structures I classified as an example of bare flowering phenology, since I am unsure what the bud-like structures are, but reasonably assume that they are some sort of flower bud. (3 photos)

The light-colored bark tree is an example of bare leaf phenology because it is completely bare, but appears to be coming our of dormancy, as there are small buds forming along its limbs.

The bushy plant is an example of leafed out phenology, as it is full of leaves but lacks flowers, or at least lacks live flowers.