Welcome back to my phenology spot for the new year! It was nice to return to Centennial Woods after over a month away, and I was very excited to see it looking a bit more like winter with the thin layer of snow blanketing the ground.
In terms of phenological changes, much was different. The few green plants that still remained in December have either been buried in snow, or decomposed; except for the few Eastern Hemlocks nearby. The stream has frozen solid, with ice thick enough for me to walk across. The ice also revealed some animal tracks. I’m not sure what produced the tracks, but they are very small, only about 2 inches across. Other than these tracks and the occasional call of a crow, there were not any other signs of wildlife.
