Birds Eye View Map

Photo and map by Hannah Randall

(Trees not to scale)

Observations:

Although it is snowing, there is no snow accumulation on the ground. It is still early for snow to be falling. All of the leaves have fallen except for the ones on the small American Beech trees. I wonder why the small tree’s leaves changed colors later and lost their leaves later. Perhaps, it is because it is warmer below the canopy. In the forested area, the ferns and other undergrowth have died, but the undergrowth near the path is still alive.

There were not many signs of animal life. I did see some deer scat two weeks ago. I did not see any scat today. I wonder if the difference in wildlife patterns has to do with the changing of the seasons. The deer like to go into evergreen areas for the winter and my phenology location is mostly hardwoods.

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