In mid-August I returned to the vernal pool in which I had found
abundant salamander egg masses attached in a linear fashion along the
many branchings of a limb that had fallen into the pool, when I was
conducting surveys with Colin Nevins as he documented and journaled
about his family’s 36-acre woodlot for his senior project at Proctor
Academy. [...]

To begin, I want to clarify something from that previous journal
entry. In describing my going into the spotted turtle habitat I call
the Far End of the Great Alder Carr after tropical storm Irene had
effected a significant recharge
I mention the typical flood periods there as having a “… low, steady
drift (of water)”. This should read “…slow, [...]