For my walk I decided I would walk around the city after bringing my ski boots into town to get heat-molded and then walk around Centennial later that day to check back in on my phenology site. I layered up, grabbed my boots and my roommate and made the walk down to outdoor gear exchange. One of the first things I usually notice when walking down into church street is all the barberry plants that line the lawns as ornamentals. I also noticed a little sapling that I was able to identify as American Beech by the buds. Unfortunately in my walk i only found domestic dog and squirrel tracks. I did however hear more bird calls that I did not recognize (though this means nothing because I don’t know all that many bird calls) which is always exciting. More people also seem to be walking their dogs as it starts to warm up and get sunnier.
Later, in my venture into Centennial and around it, I came across a tree that appeared to have sap leaking from it that had frozen. The sap icicles I didn’t find many tracks other than domestic dog again but this is partially because I did not go far off the beaten path due to the snow. Though now that I have my snowshoes that could change.
