This week I went to Centennial with my friend to observe Wildlife! We spotted several robins on Campus on the way there by L/L and more scattered around the crab apple trees on the sidewalk past Jeffords.

Once we entered Centennial Woods, we noticed many gray squirrel tracks, and a few hypothesized to be a type of rabbit- it was a little difficult to tell because there was a slight flurry earlier that day. Once we got closer to the water, we noticed some more squirrel tracks across the stream over a fallen tree which was pretty cool!

We heard some crows but were unfortunately unable to see them. There were also several indications of birdlife in the woods. Holes in taller eastern white pines and some shorter, hollowed out, dead branches suggest pileated woodpeckers and maybe some past insects chewing away at the wood.

We had a bit of trouble identifying some dog prints because there were tracks layered on top of each other, but we remembered to look for the angle of the toenail prints and the walking pattern. It was a little bit difficult to figure out how to use INaturalist because there was not a great connection in Centennial, but it was engaging to see others’ observations once we figured it out.