Hello there world!
This semester I have chosen a new site to explore, adventure at, and learn more about! CENTENNIAL WOODS!
This location is about a 10-minute walk from central UVM campus and is located by the water tower.
Centennial woods are about 65 acres of green space and forest. I entered through the bike rack entrance and hiked down along the path until i got to the stream and marsh area. I stopped here for about five minutes to take in my surroundings and then hiked up the other side of the creek, following the path, just until I got to the top of the hill. This is where I chose to sit down and observe.
This area is well shaded, the ground was covered in pine needs, cold dirt, and scattered heaps of snowy ice that hadn’t quite melted yet. It was cloudy out, about 20 degrees and was a very pleasant day, almost felt like spring!
My area had many bare, leaf free trees and some pine trees as well. It was full of northern white pine, Eastern Hemlock, Black cherry, some oak, birch, and maple trees as well.
When exploring the frozen creek, I came across some really interesting looking ice…
Here are a few more pictures of the creek frozen over. It looks so pretty and was so fun to skate along!
I didn’t see many signs of animal life and I think this is because there was not much snow on the ground as most of it has melted or been blown away however, I did find one animal track across a log cross the creek which I think is very cool. I believe that it might be a fox, lynx, bobcat or a cat track as it looks feline but slightly larger than domestic cat tracks.
I had a very fun hike and can’t wait to come back and explore the rest of the semester!