My friend Annie and I walked to Chruch Street over the weekend and kept an eye out for tracks or any other signs of wildlife. Since it was the heart of the city, we only caught sight of a couple birds and I was able to identify one as an American Robin. I took a picture and uploaded it to iNaturalist a couple hours later but the app automatically uploaded the location, time, and date of the photo which was nice. It was a little bit disappointing that we didn’t see any other animals like squirrels or other larger bird species.
Annie and I were joined by our friends Bryn and Anna later that day to explore Centennial Woods. It was incredibly muddy but not all of the snow had melted. We found tracks and scat in both snow and mud but most of it appeared to be from domesticated dogs. We did find some 2 cm prints which Annie suggested might be a weasel due to the diagonal walking pattern. Bryn and I flipped over a log and found a spider which we believe was a Barn Orb-weaver since the body shape and pattering on the legs matched online references. The forest obviously had more biodiversity but it was still difficult to find evidence of wildlife.
