Centennial Brook looked fairly similar to the last time I visited it, however there was less snow than before. It has been over a week since it last snowed and temperatures have been slowly rising from the recent polar vortex. All of the leaves on the hardwood trees were fallen, but the conifers were still looking the same (as expected). There was still a lot of leaf litter, surprisingly, which was more noticeable in places where the snow had melted more. The brook has also completely frozen over now, enough to even walk on parts of it! I could see a bit of running water underneath the ice, which was also interesting to watch.
The ice and snow made it easy to see signs of wildlife, and I saw many squirrel, rabbit, and deer, tracks and possibly some others like raccoons and small rodents that I was not completely sure about. Also, similar to the last visit, there was no bird activity that I could hear or see. The many man-made tracks made it slightly difficult to find undisturbed animal tracks, but venturing further out than usual (following the brook downstream), I was able to get clear visuals and pictures both on top of the brook and just off the trail.
