After a chaotic first two weeks of classes, I found time to visit my phenology spot this weekend. Unlike my impromptu previous visit due to the snow before break, this time there were no fungi in sight. There was essentially no green left in the area, except for a few spots on the trees. During my visit to the Intervale, the tracks that I could locate were in no way ones that I was capable of studying. While my inexperience in tracking certainly did not help, there was also no fresh snow, and so whatever tracks that were left had been destroyed by a variety of possible factors, such as other travelers, skis, or a wandering, off-leash dog eager to follow an intriguing scent. Unfortunately, there is not much more to note, as my last post also included snow at my phenology spot, although that is not to say that the area was not still exceedingly beautiful. I cannot wait to go back and spend some more time there, although hopefully this time there will be some fresh snow and I can try and figure out what animals have been wandering about.
