Early June walk

4 June 2011 After week away up north (Iowa Lakeside Lab - cool, green); I returned to the Woods. It had been unseasonably warm. The Woods in from the SW gate were loaded with silk net homes of ground spiders.. this one corner more than any place else in the Woods.. maybe 40 m x 40 m.. don't know why..sunny/ dappled shade there, a bit more open. A few more mosquitoes now, but not bad. Abundant cotton from group of big Populus along western wash levee. One box turtle 50 feet west of beaver dam. Same location pile of feathers from flicker(?) eaten. No deer. Big flapping bird.. vulture - still not seen, continues to hangout in trees above south end of beaver dam.. whitewash on the ground there. Flood waters of last month help keep some trails open by flowing along the path (e.g. Barney Jct. trail). E. Pond is now much smaller. I need to place a measuring post there for water depth. Northern Loop becoming overgrown with understory..needs clearing. Need saw two places: Northern Loop by big pecan and Liriope patch & N-S fence line trail for fallen juniper.