Sunday, April 22, 2012

I went out to Borden Creek in the Sipsey Wilderness today to run two driftnets, since yesterday was the new moon. We set up just downstream of the old bridge at the site, at the end of the access road:
The upstream net was set in 18 cm of water in a fast riffle at the top of a riffle/pool system. We wound up with a very impressive collection of winged adult insects.
The downstream site, at the base of a flowing pool, had the net set in 40 cm of water flowing much more slowly than the upstream site.
And a view of this stretch of creek from the bridge. Water level was pretty low for this time of year, it hasn't rained in 2 weeks in any significant way.

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