As I returned to my phenology spot after winter break, I was almost certain I would find less evidence of wildlife than I did in the spring. Boy was I wrong! I found all kinds of tracks and scat through the snow, in fact even found more evidence of the residents of Centennial than I would have without the snow. I think the absolute cutest piece of evidence that my spot had had a visitor was a long trail of fox tracks.
Here, you can see the fox’s pace slow down and his paws come together.
But in this next part here, you can see how he got ready and hopped up right on this log! I loved playing detective with all of his movements through the snow.
I found evidence of plenty of other species such as a well-packed deer path, and many little birdie prints under a berry bush. You would think that it being the winter, there would be so many less friends wandering the woods. But there’s still plenty of life out and about during the winter!