For this phenology/inaturalist event. I went to Centennial twice over the event. Unfortunately, a lot of the snow had melted at this point, leading to not many tracks.
On the first trip on Tuesday, I went alone and down to the stream. Noting nothing there at all, I went back up and crossed the stream into another part. This area was new to me, and here is where I actually heard some species. They were crows and chickadees. (Thankfully, I know what those species are). I sadly didn’t see the birds physically, just the signs of them. Things like nest and calls. Eventually, I headed back.
On Wednesday, I returned Centennial with 2 of my friends. Little did I know that it was even worse conditions than before. The ice on the trail now had mud. And like a fool, I didn’t have my hiking boots. So guess who took a tumble down the hill….
Into a tree…. After falling into a mudpile.
So uh yeah, that was nature 1, me 0 type moment. That being said. We actually had some stuff today. First off, we heard more birds. So that’s great. We sat there for an hour and only heard birds like 5 times. Therefore, that’s a win. At the end, we actually saw some tracks of deer and some canine. For the canine, we weren’t sure if it was wolf, fox, or just a big dog. The deer tracks were followed by the canine, though, so it leads me to believe it was a wolf. Plus, the tracks were massive.
Overall, it was a disappointing experience. It just happened to go during the worst week possible with all the snow melted. I also didn’t have the ability to go later during the week since its really busy.
