Richard Premack

Phenology just generally means the timing of biological events. So it refers to the migration times of birds, when butterflies start flying in the spring, when plants flower, when trees leaf out. So these are all part of phenology.

Phenology just generally means the timing of biological events. So it refers to the migration times of birds, when butterflies start flying in the spring, when plants flower, when trees leaf out. So these are all part of phenology.

Phenology just generally means the timing of biological events. So it refers to the migration times of birds, when butterflies start flying in the spring, when plants flower, when trees leaf out. So these are all part of phenology.

And one of the most powerful ways of doing this is finding historical records and matching them with modern observations.

And one of the most powerful ways of doing this is finding historical records and matching them with modern observations.

And one of the most powerful ways of doing this is finding historical records and matching them with modern observations.

So ideally, you would want to find a set of records where someone started it 100 or 200 years ago and continued it up to the present time.

So ideally, you would want to find a set of records where someone started it 100 or 200 years ago and continued it up to the present time.

So ideally, you would want to find a set of records where someone started it 100 or 200 years ago and continued it up to the present time.

My mother told me, if you ever want to know anything, you just ask everybody you know for information, and eventually someone will tell you what you're looking for.

My mother told me, if you ever want to know anything, you just ask everybody you know for information, and eventually someone will tell you what you're looking for.

My mother told me, if you ever want to know anything, you just ask everybody you know for information, and eventually someone will tell you what you're looking for.

We posted notices on listservs, electronic bulletin boards, supermarket bulletin boards and libraries. There are a lot of natural history clubs in Boston. We went to these natural history clubs and we stood up and we told people what we were looking for.

We posted notices on listservs, electronic bulletin boards, supermarket bulletin boards and libraries. There are a lot of natural history clubs in Boston. We went to these natural history clubs and we stood up and we told people what we were looking for.

We posted notices on listservs, electronic bulletin boards, supermarket bulletin boards and libraries. There are a lot of natural history clubs in Boston. We went to these natural history clubs and we stood up and we told people what we were looking for.

Yeah, except they didn't even know if these records existed. So it's like if they were looking for a hypothetical dog.

Yeah, except they didn't even know if these records existed. So it's like if they were looking for a hypothetical dog.

Yeah, except they didn't even know if these records existed. So it's like if they were looking for a hypothetical dog.

And this friend of ours who was an environmental philosopher at one point said, well, why don't you look at Thoreau's records? And we said, like, what records?

And this friend of ours who was an environmental philosopher at one point said, well, why don't you look at Thoreau's records? And we said, like, what records?