Monthly Archives: July 2015

Friday favorites: Anything odd?

Posted on July 31, 2015 by

This chipping sparrow seems to enjoy hanging out on the color chart near one of the cameras at Harvard Forest. We use the color chart to figure out what exactly the camera is seeing and how to automatically process the … Continue reading →

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First week review

Posted on July 30, 2015 by

Season Spotter has now been underway for over a week and I’ve been delighted with the response. Thank you for your time and interest! After a few hiccups early on, you should now be having a fairly smooth experience. (Those … Continue reading →

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Why phenology is cool

Posted on July 29, 2015 by

I have long been fascinated by the passing of the seasons. I grew up in Canada: winter was cold and snowy, spring was lush and green, summer was hot and humid, and in autumn the forest exploded in a riot … Continue reading →

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Phenology in Panama!

Posted on July 28, 2015 by

After a Boston winter spent sorting through canopy images from the Neotropics — clicking past magenta cecropica flowers and long green branches drooping into the water — it was incredible to see the ‘barrocolorado’ PhenoCam camera from the other end … Continue reading →

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Automated image processing

Posted on July 27, 2015 by

The PhenoCam network has more than 200 cameras taking pictures of landscapes every day. These are the images we’re asking you to look at in Season Spotter, because there is information in them that a computer cannot easily pull out. … Continue reading →

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Friday favorites: Tundra twilight

Posted on July 24, 2015 by

The PhenoCam network includes some cameras overlooking arctic tundra — areas that are typically too harsh to support trees. Instead these landscapes support small shrubs, grasses, sedges, moss, and lichen. This camera catches a slow winter sunset near Imnavait Creek … Continue reading →

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Doing something about climate change

Posted on July 23, 2015 by

My name is Sandra Henderson and I am the Director of Citizen Science at the National Ecological Observatory Network in Boulder, Colorado. For the past 25 years or so, I have mostly been working climate change education projects and activities. … Continue reading →

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