I went to the Woods at 3 today, NE Gate. I walked most of the trails except for the NW. Larger group of seven deer down in the SW sedges. No flowing water in the Wash .. a pool was there above Island Crossing from the very light 2/100 of an inch of rain this week. The land hereabouts is unusually dry.
What's green in the Woods now? Sideroxylon Bumelia keeps its old leaves this late in the year; Juniperus cedars, of course; Ligustrum privet is green cover for birds with black fruit ripe now; Lonicera honeysuckle is starting to put out fresh new purple green leaves. Sedge beds in the west are a mix of green and older decadent. There is also herbaceous ground cover starting up..but not much with the drought.
At the G0 post I blazed and partly cleared a trail eastward towards the base of the NS fence. Found again and flagged the H0 post there. I need to return with loppers or saw to clear the trail through dense greenbrier and brush at one point.
Work crews have grubbed out the south side of the Dune trail clearing away leaf litter and soil. Not sure this is good.
Old barb wire fence line is cut at Fence Corner.. good to remove trip hazard.
End of my walk out at Pipeline trail at sunset beautiful brilliant gold sky illuminated the fallen compound walnut leaves laying on top of the leaf litter.
Old tin sleeves wrapped around trees maybe to keep squirrels out of pecan trees?
I found the den of a young mutt living in the Woods beneath a fallen huge cottonwood near and north of the F0 post.
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