Earthquake Autumn

Last night the 5th Nov at 10:55 central OK had a 5.6 earthquake - strongest in state history. I went to the Woods this Sunday morning the 6th to see if any trees had toppled. (The house had shaken strongly). By the Ponds entrance the Woods had an autumn smell of new fallen leaves. The West pond had 0.4 feet of water and a few adult dragonflies flying.
I walked the Ravine Trail eastward and saw no significant blowdown from the strong north wind gusts earlier this week. West of the East Pond there was a large area of fresh catalpa leaves down. They look to have all fallen in a brief 1-2 day period.. crackling underfoot. West of Island Crossing 50 m there is a larger area of fresh yellow ash leaves recently down. I wonder how long the leaves hold their color after falling. The East Pond center was wet but no open water.
I measured the new Tree Loop and it is 400 m, or a quarter mile (blue-topped cedar stakes at 50 m intervals). 200 m from the beginning at the white survey stone to the junction with the Escarpment Trail and 200 m back to the NE Gate. The route is clear but needs a pass with a mower or lots of lopper work or both to clear a 1 m wide swathe.
At the southern end of the South Central trail a green ash in poor health is flushing fresh new green leaves. An out of whack stress crop.. that may either be the last hurrah.. or a chance to create a little more photosynthate for the winter ahead.
By Elm Bridge a raucous half dozen crows were actively mobbing a young hawk.. set up quite a din and flew right after the hawk, close on its tail as it flew northwest. West of East Pond a nice 3-4 foot long black snake was stretched out 3 m up in some small trees by a taller green ash. It didn't move and I enjoyed watching it for a while. I saw two young deer that dashed away.