Spring break posting
For my at home phenology site I picked someplace I was very familiar with, the forest behind my house. I’ve spent many hours here and when I was younger even built a fort that still is standing today. I picked this spot originally because it had many small pines that were easy to cut down. This was most likely because the area must’ve been cleared 10-15 years prior. Now that I’ve stopped cutting things here, they are slowly starting to come back.
To get to this spot I had to walk down the train tracks that cut through the swamp that surround it. It was snowing, but I came across some coyote tracks crossing over the train tracks.
While walking down the tracks I heard rustling to the left, so I cut through the woods to see if I could find any tracks in the woods. I walked through the forest and got to the edge of the swamp. I walked along there until I found a deer trail. All the lower branches were broken and the forest floor bare. I then walked up to my tree stand and walked back to where I originally planned to go.
I stood here for a while and looked around. The logs I had cut and turned into this little shelter were rotting, and the whole thing seemed almost on the brink of collapsing. The big pile of sticks were stacked up in preparation for a fire that never came. Many old stumps stood up through the snow. I did not see any notable birds on my trip to my site. I assume most of them were hiding from the snow that was falling. Here is a map of where I was
