After the season’s first snow earlier in the week, the temperature shifted to back to the mid 60’s. Salvaging the season’s last warmth before winter comes to stay, I biked to McKenzie Park where I witnessed the area’s seasonal changes from two weeks ago. Almost all trees had shed their leaves, and the few leaves still present had all turned yellow or brown. I witnessed a flock of birds likely migrating south, to find warmer climates for the winter. Squirrels and rabbits ran around, collecting food to fatten up for the winter. The groundcover in the floodplain forest and along the beach remains green.
