Happy spring semester! I visited my phenology spot for the first time this semester on a snowy day. This snow was heavy and wet and was falling off of trees in chunks, disrupting the surface of the snow, causing it to be difficult to identify any animal tracks. Tracks that I could identify were dog tracks due to their shape and size and the fact that they followed alongside human footprints in and out of the area. Due to the type of precipitation and many human tracks in the area, it was also difficult to identify any bedding areas. In addition to this, the fresh snow covered any scat.
There were not as many phenological changes in my area as I expected. The snow is new, but some American beech trees still hold onto their leaves. Fungus persists, it just shrunk or froze. I do not know if Centennial Brook tends to freeze over the winter, but like last semester it is not frozen. Yet, I have observed an increase in the quantity of water in the brook and it is louder than before.
