Dung beetles and dayflowers

Quick trip to the Woods via the NE Gate this afternoon. I took the saw to clear three blow downs across the EW Trail, the 2 Pecan Trail, and the NW Trail. On the Tree Loop by tree #16 I found 2+ Canthon dung beetles in a fresh-dug array of six beetle sized holes in the soft earth damped by the < half inch rain over night. The one beetle I harassed with a straw did a peculiar bulldozer movement shoving aside soft dug soil and escaping into one of the pre-dug holes. No poop evident. Coming out of the Woods and crossing Isld Crossing later I found lots of Commelina Dayflower, bright blue. The wash is ponded up with water by Elm Bridge but empty in upper stretch below Isld Crossing.