During this Phenology assignment I went to the rear part of centennial woods behind centennial field. This area of centennial is a large stand of mainly white pine trees. It was a warm wet day which made me worried it would be difficult to observe defined animal tracks, however there were abundant signs of animal life.
The first signs I found were a line of tracks hopping through the underbrush. Based on the track pattern and track size I think it is a snowshoe hare, but it was hard to tell because of the melty snow.
Next I found a path of what I think was domestic dog tracks. This is because the tracks led off of the path in a few circles and back to the path, additionally the prints left behind were decently defined and resembled a medium sized dog.
Lastly I found a trail of what I think we’re cottontail rabbit tracks. The tracks were slightly smaller than the snowshoe hare tracks, but with the same hopping pattern.