For the rest of my phenology blogs, I decided to change my location to a different area of the brook in Centennial woods. To get to this location, pass over the bridge along the brook and follow the trail leading up the hill. At the top of the hill, turn left, and this is where a different area of the brook is situated. A map of this area that I drew will be included below.
Since my last visit to Centennial, the water in the brook has frozen over along the edges connected to the land around it. The rocks situated in the brook were also exhibiting frozen water around them. The understory around the brook had lost all leaves with only a few non pigmented leaves hanging off from the branches ready to fall to the ground.
During my visit, I identified a twig as belonging to a sugar maple. A sketch of this twig I found and identified will be included below.
Also during my visit, I encountered a few animal tracks. One track I found was a straight line of tracks. I identified this as a fox track. A picture of the tracks will be included below. Another track I found was that of a squirrel which for both of these tracks I used my mammal tracking guide to identify.
