May 15
May 18
Three Days of Progress: A Photo Comparison
May 15, 17 and 18, 2015
May 15
May 18
May 15
May 17 - the Creek near Cottonwood Pond
As plenty of ice
and snow melt followed by plenty of heavy rains have altered the Cottonwood
Pond area so much, it is time to take a tour and get an overall view of what
has been happening.
May 17
May 18
Above photos: general view
from West/Northwest:
From left: swampy area, trunk of fallen Cottonwood tree, Root
Ball top, “little pond”, Mud Pile #1 and Isthmus (2-Trunk Tree in foreground),
Root Ball Bottom, main pond (Inlet at far end), Seep starting at near corner.
In this view, it is easier to see how the whole area has changed as water flows
in and fills the ponds and surrounding area from different directions. Water
also flows between ponds via the growing Cove under the Root Ball.
The Seep:
May 15
May 17
May 18
Photos above: west corner of main pond and beginning of Seep. Overflow from the main pond
leaves this corner and flows down the Seep to the Creek.
Photos below: the Seep, new jag in the middle of the Seep. New crawdad chimneys created
a block at the jag on May 17. On May 18, Raccoons had stepped on the chimneys,
possibly looking for food, and smashed one down.
May 15
May 17 - length of the Seep (pond corner in foreground, Creek above)
May 18 - Crawdad chimneys at the jag in the Seep
May 18 - Raccoon print on Crawdad chimneys
May 15
May 18
Bark Ledge
being exposed where the Seep water flows into the Creek.
The Inlet and the Cove:
May 15
May 17
May 17
Cove
(under Root Ball) and Inlet (under the Barkless Log)
May 15
May 17
Inlet (under Barkless Log) and Very
Rotten Log
May 15 - the Cove
May 17 - Plants under the water of
the main pond, near the Inlet.
Going the the other side again:
May 17 - Isthmus and "little pond":
Going to the other side of the Trunk:
May 15
May 17
Mystery Plants
(may be Monkey Flower) in the Swampy Spot. Water flows from the Temporary Creek
(along the bottom of the slopes) to this Swampy Spot. From here it flows under
the Trunk as well as to the Inlet.
May 15 – Other side of Cove. Water
flows through the Cove under the Root Ball to this area and to the main pond.
To the outside of the Inlet:
May 17 - a pool has formed to the outside of the Inlet, with Stinging Nettle and Jewelweed the prominent plants there. A little further to the south is another group of Mystery Plants (the same type of plant in the Swampy Spot)
May 15 – Main Pond and Inlet seed from the Southeast.
The Very Rotten Log, which stretches across the Creek and along the
south/southwest edge of the main pond, extends under the Barkless Log (the
Inlet) to the other side, where it gradually disappears.
May 17 – Looking west along the Very Rotten
Log, from the southeast end of Cottonwood Pond to the Creek.
I will try to
follow up this entry with one called “Maps #2.” It can be used with “Three Days
of Progress...”, or any other entry, to help with Cottonwood Pond perspective.
