Close-up of last picture, possibly bounder
Bounder
Deer Track
Rabbit tracks
Bounder
House cat tracks
Bounder, possibly weasel, traveling to an subnivean tunnel
Bounder
Bounder
A UVM blog
Close-up of last picture, possibly bounder
Bounder
Deer Track
Rabbit tracks
Bounder
House cat tracks
Bounder, possibly weasel, traveling to an subnivean tunnel
Bounder
Bounder
Willow- hoodlike scale, alternate branching
Box Elder- purple downy buds
Green Ash- terminal bud surrounded by two lateral buds
Crisp air stings my face every time the wind picks up the snow drifts. The snow from the previous storm crunches each time my foot falls. After a month, I have returned to my phenology spot in Centennial woods. The surroundings are much different from the last time I visited. Snow covers the ground creating a subnivean underworld that disappears with each step of my foot. The small deciduous trees have buds sprouting from their branches.
As I trek deeper into my sit spot a gust of wind passes over the area. The Eastern White Pines creek in the wind providing a spooky ambience to the area. All around me I see tracks of all shapes and sizes. As I trudge trough the snow to leave, I think back to the first time I visited and the huge changes since the fall.