A Revisit to the Woods! – January 27th, 2025
Not much has changed since I was last in the woods behind Trinity Campus. This time there was less snow, so it was a little easier to walk deeper in the woods. Last time, there was no sign of green besides from the Eastern White Pines, but this time half-alive ferns were seen on the ground underneath the snow. I hadn’t been able to see those last month. The Birch Polypores that have been there since I first visited this spot were still alive on the same tree. It seems like there was less animal activity that I could identify since December. I didn’t hear any birds, but I did hear a few Eastern Grey Squirrels chirping. I was able to identify a few tracks, but it was difficult with the lack of snow. I used a animal track identifying book to identify tracks from a Eastern Cottontail Rabbit, and from an Eastern Grey Squirrel. I had identified both of these animals last month as well. These were the only signs of animal activity in the woods, I didn’t hear or see anything else, but that makes sense because it was quite a cold and windy day!
Birch Polypores that have been here since the beginning! The tree is starting to decay, so maybe that is a reason why the mushrooms are growing here…
Ferns popping up from under the snow! They don’t seem to be much alive.
Eastern Cottontail tracks! I’m 99% sure that is correct, but it is possible that it’s something else.
Eastern Grey Squirrel Tracks! They are kind of faint, but they do look similar to the diagrams shown and also vary from 0.6-1 inch in size.
