Red-Eared Slider is Back!

Second day after the big storm, a beautiful peaceful Sunday morning. I went to the NW entrance at 8 and strolled slowly through the northern trails to see what I could see today. The flood waters had significantly receded. The NW pond was 2.64'. The East Pond was 3.38' and the post above Elm Bridge was 22.5 inches. The water was flowing slowly in the Wash and the Elm Bridge was again well above the water.
I found a broken top from a 25-30 cm DBH mid-sized pecan at the junction of the NW Trail and the Northern Rim and was able to break it into manageable pieces to move it off the trail. A 30 cm DBH 2-trunked elm at the top of the long pool of the southern Wash had tilted across the SE Trail. I think the trail can just step over/around for now. Yesterday I moved the green ash top that had broken across the NW Trail at NW#4.  Several other trees tilted over or with large broken limbs but not a problem for trails. Trees fell in a predominantly SSW direction.
In the sunny gap created where the green ash top fell, I found a Bittacid scorpionfly flying in the lower vegetation.
Along the creek trail (west side of the wash above the EW trail) there are a couple 2-3 inch DBH mimosa trees. I should probably remove? I am finding more of the small < 50 cm tall Amur honeysuckle and am now flagging them for later removal.
I encountered several squirrels.. more of them about this year than the previous two years.. and found one box turtle along Hackberry Alley at DT#6. Enjoyed hearing a crow sounding its one staccato note Ah! Ah! Ah! No deer but fresh tracks of raccoon all along the lower wash below the Elm Bridge.
On my way out of the Woods, I was delighted to see again the big old red-eared slider in the NW pond. I watched through binocs at a distance from the trail and it watched me.. eventually hauling itself out on to the big floating log to bask. It has been missing for 2-3 years. Great way to deal with environmental stress, heat, drought, no water in pond - just burrow down and hide somewhere. Stop moving for a few years until things get better. Live a long time.
Big question for today: 'How will the Woods survive? What will they look like and what species will live there in a hundred years? What will be the nature of their interactions? Old patterns or new patterns/ behaviors? Small question for the day: beautiful sunlit fresh new spider web with concentric rings. The maximum radius had 49 rings. Track the same web of the same spider each morning and see if the number of rings remains the same.