Happy January!! Since I last visited the Redstone Pines, there have been some phenological changes taking place. First of all, although there was snow cover back in December when I visited, there is now a much larger base and the snow is quite frozen. The ground underneath has been frozen and covered for many weeks now. One snow mystery that I noticed was the absence of snow close to the trunks of the trees, which is just due to the fact that the tree’s canopy provides a shelter that snow doesn’t fall under. The pine trees still have many needles which provide this cover, but there are no more leaves to be seen from the maples. I noticed two different snow tracks, which seemed to be from a dog and a squirrel.
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