For spring break this year, I travelled with two of my friends to Maine. We did a beautiful sunset hike of Borestone mountain, an Audubon Society protected land area. There was about 5 inches of snow, and the trail was extremely icy at parts, but it was a great hike. We drove up most of the way to the timberline, where spruces were dominating the first part of the trail, with a few softwoods scattered about. The summit was mostly hardwoods, with a few ravens circling nearby. Bird activity was low, and the only birds I observed were ravens, a chickadee, and a few robins at the beginning of the hike. This spot is much different from my phenology spot in Burlington. My spot here isn’t above a timberline and has more easily observable smaller mammal activity. I found it easier to find smaller tracks in Centennial woods then compared to Borestone, which had larger and more spread out mammal tracks. The Burlington spot it much more oak and birch dominated, with more fern underbrush, whereas Borestone had more white pine dominated areas and alpine tundra areas.
