During the long weekend my family took me to Stowe so I was unable to walk around Burlington. I noticed a lot of tracks all around where we were staying, as well as on the mountain.
I followed a set of tracks for a good while, the fresh layer of snow helped by giving a wide canvas for animals to track through. I was confused about these pictures for a while before realizing that they were probably just left by a cat. I suppose outdoor cats still play a part in phenology even if they are domesticated with the amount of rodents and birds that they can kill.
Cat tracks 
Cat tracks 
Cat tracks
Up at the mountain I was able to spot a vey cool print left behind by some sort of squirrel. I think this is a red squirrel because of the coniferous forest and the fact that my brother saw one around 20 feet away.
Next tracks I found were still squirrels but this time grey squirrels most likely.
I have no idea what kind of bird made these last tracks but it was definitely a lot of them. I find it so cool how the snow beneath this crabapple tree is absolutely covered in tracks
Birds 
Birds
This was a really cool experience tracking especially after our lab a few weeks ago. I hope to continue to learn more about tracking and different animals in the area. I also would like to look into identifying bird species by their tracks, I don’t know how possible that is but I think it would be cool.
I have used iNaturalist in the past and have always had a positive experience using it. I first got it in high school for my environmental science class and it has helped me make a good amount of observations over the years.
I’ll try to get out into Burlington in the next couple days to make some more observations.