So, as the title may suggest, I had a bit of trouble locating the same birch tree I had found in Centennial Woods.
I wish I could blame it on the sudden decrease in snow that disoriented me, but really I can only blame a poor memory. Instead of the faraway paper birch tree that had taken me so long to find, I found a different paper birch, humorously close to my phenology site.
It was very hard to traverse, as the ground was either very muddy or very icy, but I managed to get close enough for an HD picture.
Here is the birch tree, looking a little worn from the recently very wet winter.
And here is my very lovely spot that has way less snow than I’m used to. The bank was very muddy, and the leaves that have been on the ground since fall are becoming cakey as they decompose more and more.
