Centennial Woods

As we move deeper into the winter, the last few dead leaves of deciduous trees are cleared out. The forest appears sparse and branchy with tall evergreens making up the sparse over story. Most of these trees are bare the majority of the way up with needles only at the top. The understory is made up of small trees and bushes, some barely poking through the snow.

Surrounding the trail were small to medium sized animal prints in the snow, as shown in the second picture, but these might be domestic dog prints. The icy state of the snow made it difficult to see a to of animal prints clearly. Slightly off of the trail I came across something disturbing, a very picked away at animal carcass, pictured above. Throughout my time in Centennial Woods today, I was enveloped by the sounds of a few bird calls especially the male Black-capped Chickadee.