Album of Swakane Canyon Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 6 October 2013 spider collecting trip to Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington. This was the second stop on the second day of our week-long expedition to eastern Washington in aid of Laurel's pine-cone spiders project (her version of the day here). Good weather continued, and habitats had recovered nicely from the range fire three years before, bringing us 31 spider species here, several of them uncommon.
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aerial view, 2010, of spider collecting sites in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington our car parked at first field site in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Our stretch of the canyon: grass on right, woods on left
(Chelan County, 2010)		 Parked under a pine tree         © Rod Crawford
field plants at first site, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington giant grassy field or meadow, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Field plants             © Rod Crawford Giant grassy field, ripe for the sweeping         © Laurel Ramseyer
non-native mantid in grassy field, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington giant grassy field or meadow, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Non-native mantid far from civilization   © Laurel Ramseyer The field filled much of the canyon's width         © Rod Crawford
Ponderosa pine grove, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington Ponderosa pine branch Pinus ponderosa, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Pine grove where Laurel sampled cones  © Laurel Ramseyer Ponderosa pine foliage               © Laurel Ramseyer
Ponderosa pine cones, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington crab spider Xysticus gulosus from a pine cone, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Cones ready to sample         © Laurel Ramseyer Big Xysticus gulosus was living in a pine cone           © Rod Crawford
juvenile Callobius spider found in pine cone, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington ponderosa pine cone with Callobius spider, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Juvenile Callobius found in a cone    © Laurel Ramseyer The pine cone with Callobius in place         © Laurel Ramseyer
fall colors in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington blue elderberries, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Fall colors          © Rod Crawford Blue elderberries            © Laurel Ramseyer
rattlesnake Crotalus viridis in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington pine cone area not sampled due to rattlesnake, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Snakes alive!         © Laurel Ramseyer Rattlesnake prevented cone sampling on south side       © Laurel Ramseyer
stone pillar, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington rimrock, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Stone pillar         © Laurel Ramseyer Rimrock of the canyon              © Laurel Ramseyer
apen woods in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington aspen woods, field and talus in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
The fire evidently missed rich aspen woodland     © Laurel Ramseyer The place was just chock full o' habitats!               © Rod Crawford
sagebrush Artemisia tridentata in Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington puddle in road, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Small patch of sagebrush        © Rod Crawford Rain had fallen within the past few days        © Rod Crawford
paper wasp Polistes dominulus nectaring, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington shotgun and .22 rifle shells, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Polistes dominulus taking a sweet sip   © Laurel Ramseyer Bang! Bang!                © Laurel Ramseyer
understory of aspen grove, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington understory of aspen grove, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Understory of the aspen grove…      © Rod Crawford …was rich and diverse              © Rod Crawford
Agroeca ornata male spider from aspen leaf litter, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington Micaria cf. pulicaria female gnaphosid spider from aspen leaf litter, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Agroeca ornata from aspen litter         © Rod Crawford Atypical Micaria pulicaria from aspen litter             © Rod Crawford
ponderosa pine trunk with scars of 2010 fire, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington clouds in late afternoon, 6 October 2013, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
The fire scarred this pine trunk       © Rod Crawford Clouds passed through in late afternoon     © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford at campsite, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington dusk on 6 October 2013, Swakane Canyon, Chelan County, Washington
Departing Laurel took a last shot to remember me by
© Laurel Ramseyer		 By dusk, the sky was clear again       © Rod Crawford

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