Upon returning to my phenology site after being away for a month, I noticed significant changes. The most influential one would be that the large stream that ran through the middle of my site drastically decreased in size and had almost completely frozen over. Additionally, most of the remaining vegetation has fully died back.
I also found signs of wildlife activity. I found what I believe to be rabbit tracks, which I followed down the hill towards my site, and then over the stream! I also found a strange pattern under a white pine. Perhaps it is evidence of an animal burrowing or scavenging beneath the tree?
