On October 18th I visited my phenology location again. The weather was significantly colder than my last visit. On my last visit, there was a lot more green. The ferns on the ground were beginning to turn a little yellow, but the moss was still on the dead trees. Now, the moss is starting to die, but it is not dead yet. The ferns have reduced in number by about half. There was a lot more color in the deciduous trees as well this time around because the weather has cooled off significantly the past few days. The brook was running at about the same speed as last time. The water seemed to be the same depth. All of the coniferous trees seemed to be the same.
On my second visit, I noticed a few birds that I could not identify on the upper branches of the trees. One main thing that I noticed was that on my walk over to my location, I saw two garter snakes. Then at my location, there was one under a dead tree trunk. They stood out to me because of my dislike for snakes. This visit, though, I am happy to report that I saw no snakes. I was out a little later this visit so I think that the setting sun and the cold weather drove the snakes to a warmer place. This visit, it was only about 35 degrees while last visit it was almost 70. This could explain why the snakes were no longer out. I will be keeping an eye out for squirrels and other small mammals next time I visit.
Below, I will include more pictures from my site as well as my hand drawn birds eye view of my site.