Final Phenology posting!
Today was a relatively unusually warm day which made the walk down to salmon hole very nice. The downside to this warm weather was that there was no snow on the ground to look for animal tracks and scat in. Today a noticed a murder of crows in the trees and flying around and making noises. This could be a group of crows who are going to be roosting together for the winter. due to snow melt and rainfall, there was a couple of pretty active streams flowing into the Winooski River that were probably close to frozen a couple days ago. I also saw my first ever muskrat in the wild today. It was a warm day so that could account for why I saw one swimming past me, on a colder day even though they don’t hibernate they do tend to stay in their dens. While walking down to my spot I noticed an abundance of oak leaves on the ground that were decomposing. I’ve really enjoyed getting to know my phenology spot and feel like I’ve gotten to know the area a lot better over time. I will still continue to visit my spot since I really do enjoy going there.
