Since my last visit to Centennial Woods the brook and the area around it has changed a great deal. The brook is covered by snow and ice, but it can still be seen flowing in some spots. The only green that remains is held by the eastern white pines and the eastern hemlocks. Some berries still remain on the buckthorn over by the bridge that crosses over the water. Animal life was hard to see as a fresh coat of snow had just fallen and Centennial is heavily traveled on by walkers with their dogs; this makes differentiating tracks very difficult. Below is a picture of tracks I found earlier in the week of some form of mouse it seems.
Deciduous trees Identified:
- Buckthorn
- Yellow birch
- Paper birch
- Box Elder
The two pictures below are of the buckthorn (one on the left) and sugar maple (one on the right).
Below is the picture of tracks and of the area I have returned to.
