I returned to my phenology spot from last semester. There do not appear to have been many changes to phenology spot. The most major change is the snow, the remaining leafy ferns that were on the hillside are now covered in snow.
I was not able to find many tracks aside from the obvious human footprints. The whole area was disturbed by human footprints and it appeared that they were using the spot at the bottom of the hill to cross the stream. There was a set paw prints from what I am assuming is a dog, as I have often seen people out in Centennial Woods with their dogs.
Winter Morning Poem by Ogden Nash
Winter is the king of showmen,
Turning tree stumps into snow men
And houses into birthday cakes
And spreading sugar over lakes.
Smooth and clean and frosty white,
The world looks good enough to bite.
That’s the season to be young,
Catching snowflakes on your tongue!
Snow is snowy when it’s snowing.
I’m sorry it’s slushy when it’s going.