The image above is a bird’s eye view of my site. The deciduous trees can be identified by having the orange/brown circle around them, and the conifers have the dark green circle. I chose to do this because it visually shows what the color of the leaves/needles on the trees are without the need to physically go there to observe it yourself.
During late October, lots of the deciduous trees have lost the majority of their leaves exposing the bare branches and creating lots of leaf litter on the ground. This has been the most major change since my last visit to centennial woods in early October when the leaves had already changed colors but the trees still had most of their leaves.
Although the branches of the trees were bare, there was no evidence of any bird nests or other signs of animal habitat/activity in the area. That being said, in Centennial Brook, I was able to spot a few minnows along with other insects along the edge of the water. Just before I had come to my site, it rained, which caused the brook to be at a higher level than it has been in the past. This could have also caused any animals that live there to move to another area temporarily.