Visiting my phenology spot for the last time, it seemed even more bare and desolate as ever. All non-coniferous trees had absolutely no leaves left hanging from them. At the last checkup it seemed bare but there were still leaves waiting to fall. Now there was nothing. The eastern white pines and northern white cedars still had needles on their higher up branches though. The leaves on the floor were no longer as fresh and crunchy but rather sot and soggy. When sitting in silence, I couldn’t hear all the birds I heard and saw before and didn’t see any squirrels this time. I noticed more mushrooms than before which showed some decomposition occurring.
