The yellow flowers blooming their fool heads off along U.S. 250 Bypass and Carr's Hill are in fact winter jasmine, not forsythia, as reported in last week's story, "Is it January yet? The unbearable warmness of being."
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Join the Hook in their yearly blooming observation-- February 22nd 2008 Snap o’ the day: winter jasmine -- and become part of the National Phenology Network . Great story today at NPR
Climate Scientists Enlist Citizen Volunteers
Talk of the Nation, March 6, 2009 · The National Phenology Network is recruiting people across the U.S. to record when trees bud, flowers bloom and migrating animals return. The project's executive director, Jake Weltzin, explains how tracking these trends can help scientists better understand climate change.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101547333
This sounds like an admirable endeavor. Would like to participate. Tell me how.
Lois,The National Phenology Network will help you become a citizen scientist and it's a wonderful group to get involved with. Just goggle National Phenology Network or go to this web-site