| Note: | 05/28/1973
Little Whirligig is drained & silent.
1:55 Red bubbler (1 yd W of boardwalk – between L. Whirligig and Pinwheel – same described as yesterday) is full, barely bubbling with slight runoff.
1:57 Robin nest not tended, (bird was on nest at 815am)
158 Red bubbler observations : draining.
200 slight rise and fall of water level with 1” variation, high level at 3”
205 water level drops 1” - varies now between 1”-2” in pool
208 ½ Little Whirligig starts active period of eruptions, red bubbler doesn’t bubble.
212 Red bubbler slowly spreads, now with slight overflow “& tinest of bubbles
214 bubbling increases → steady overflow
217 bubbling increases but not vigorous
220 bubbling increases more but with no splashing, just waving motions
225 bubbling decreases
226 bubbling increases
228 ½ bubbling decreases & stops → overflow stops
231 water level drained to pool rim
231 ½ water level drained to 1” from bottom and began rising & falling motion again
233 ½ water drained to bottom then rose & fell a coupld of times with 1” variation
235 water rises to pool rim
236 slight rising & falling but still at pool rim
237 rises above pool rim
240 water has slowly filled depression around pool to pt. Of overflow & overflow begins
241 slight bubbling begins
244 bubbling increases
248 ½ bubbling decreases & stops, overflow stops
249 ½ bubbling starts again; overflow continues
252 bubbling decreases
255 bubbling stops, overflow stops
256 water slowly drained to pool edge
257 water drained to top of rocks in bottom then rises & falls to height of 1” only
257 ½ drained completely
302 water level rose to 1/2” drained completely, rose to 1/2”, drained completely ← repeated several times
302 ½ water level rises to 1” –- alternates between 1” and 2”
306 water level rises to 2” –- alternates between 2” and 3”
307 water level rises to pool rim
311 filled to point of overflow
312 drained to pool rim level
314 drained to 1” from bottom
315 drained completely
317 starts rising to ½ “ water, then drains completely → alternates between 1/2” & no water
322 filled to rim of pool
Cow elk feeding just south of Crackling Lake
328 water level 1” above pool rim
329 water level dropped to pool rim
332 water dropped to 2” level
336 water filled to pool rim
338 filled to overflow & did ____ nothing else there mab
341 bubbling begins then stops
344 muddy spring – gas escapes – hardly any moisture in bottom of depression
429 Little Whirligig ceased activity & drained
Dimensions
Little red bubbler: 17” x 10” widest pt; 27”s diameter of circle at pt of runoff (high water level is 4”)
Muddy spring: high water line forms a circle of ~46” diameter, ~6” deep; low level water (recently) – pool 10” x 20”, 3” deep
Little Whirligig began a new active period at 4:55 Duration (2:09-4:29) = 2hrs20min; + inactive period of 26 mins, interval of 2hrs 46 min.
The point (of interest) of the little red bubbler observations was in part to see what pattern of activity it has & to puzzle if these could be any relationship to the activity of L. Whirligig. As the little bubbler filled & drained at least several times (sometimes without overflow) while L.Whirligig was playing, there seems no apparent relationship. While the little bubbler filled & drained in its sequences, no noticeable change was observed in the rather vigorous activity (bubbling) of the other red (small) pools located further out from the boardwalk.
Bear Den 1558 (24 bursts), 2024
4:55 Cow elk still feeding on grassy slope near Crackling Lake |
