Sunday evening I went to the NE entrance gate to the Woods and walked the trail down to the Elm Bridge. The trail is still open and easy to follow but it could use some clearing with a weed whip to keep a meter wide swath clear of the taller grasses and honeysuckle. The path that time of the evening would be good to use for a banana slice trail to sample carabid ground beetles. Maybe interesting contrast of beetle populations along each of the different principal segments of the Woods' trails. Maybe mark with paint and look at recapture rate. Down by the stream there was a large swirl of water about right for a water snake taking a frog.. not a splash. Elm bridge could use some engineering intelligence.
I also drove the route along the north fence line of the Woods from Chautauqua heading east. I need to get the Lindgren traps set up with fermenting bait and see what cerambycids are flying. Maybe this weekend or next.
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