Trees blaze with yellow fall colors in Baker Woodlot and Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The Woodlot is located on the south end of MSU's campus past the greenhouses.
A wet leaf sticks to a branch at Baker Woodlot on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Recent rainfall created a slick forest floor of mud and wet leaves.
Colorful leaves surround a stone in a path at Baker Woodlot on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The forest was covered in fallen leaves during the peak of the fall color season.
A rock cuts through a sea of fallen leaves at Baker Woodlot on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. Occasional rocks, branches and logs litter the areas along the paths.
A tree is scarred by a missing patch of bark at Baker Woodlot on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The forest's two miles of trails bend gently past northern red oak, tulip poplar, eastern cottonwood, American beech, black cherry, white oak, and sugar maple.
Trees carve paths through the canopy at Baker Woodlot on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The woodlot has been under preservation for 165 years and the Old-Growth Forest Network describes it as "a high-quality remnant of the forest that once grew before the campus was established."
A sign at the entrance to the Baker Woodlot and Rachana Rajendra Neotropical Migrant Bird Sanctuary welcomes visitors and warrns against tick bites on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The Sanctuary was established with an endowment from the parents of Rachana Rajendra, an Okemos resident who died in a tragic car accident in 1997.