Album of Fish Lake Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from an 11 October 2013 spider collecting trip to Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington. The last day of our expedition gave us some beautiful warm sunshine, so after a minor camping disaster we boosted an old 11-species sample up to 32 species, mainly from very decent riparian habitats with picnic tables to sift on. The marathon homeward drive included a stop at our favorite burger joint. Laurel's account of the day is here.
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gatepost where Rod lost tent stakes at campsite SE of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington Rod Crawford packing tent, campsite SE of Newman Lake, Spokane County, Washington
The grave of Rod's tent stakes            © Laurel Ramseyer Rod packing his tent for the last time              © Laurel Ramseyer
2012 aerial view of spider collecting sites, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington lawn with trees, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Aerial view of main collecting area  (Spokane County, 2012) Park lawn with cottonwood in background           © Rod Crawford
fall color of cottonwood trees, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington riparian cottonwood stand, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Fall color approaching full glory       © Rod Crawford Cottonwood stand was my main leaf litter source          © Rod Crawford
shore of lake with trail, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington lawn and willows, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Lake shore with hiking trail      © Rod Crawford Park lawn with big willows            © Rod Crawford
marshy habitat at edge of water, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington park buildings, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Marshy habitat along shoreline      © Rod Crawford This time, no live spiders found on park buildings        © Rod Crawford
marshy shoreline grass, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington sunny fall sky with clouds, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Shore grass was great sweeping        © Rod Crawford Sunny fall sky over the lake            © Rod Crawford
shore cattail marsh, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington scenic lake, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Cattails, not so easy to sweep            © Rod Crawford Scenic Fish Lake              © Laurel Ramseyer
pine cone, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington knoll above lake, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Pine cone, Laurel's reason to be there  © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel's cone sample site on a knoll overlooking lake        © Laurel Ramseyer
shield bug Pentatomidae from pine cone, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington pine cones on ground, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Yet another shield bug from a cone     © Laurel Ramseyer A nice deposit of pine cones               © Laurel Ramseyer
shield bug Pentatomidae from pine cone, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington view from cone-sampling site, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
And still another cone-dwelling bug!     © Laurel Ramseyer Inspiring view from the cone-sampling site              © Laurel Ramseyer
spider web habitat on dock, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington public dock, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Spider-web in fishing dock niche…      © Laurel Ramseyer …one of many that Laurel found there           © Laurel Ramseyer
Sympetrun dragonfly, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington scenic lake, Fish Lake Park, Spokane County, Washington
Dragonflies were very active       © Laurel Ramseyer The lake kept on providing photo ops               © Laurel Ramseyer
sign for Mountain High Hamburgers, Easton, Washington gloomy wet evening weather near Tinkham Road Exit, King County, Washington
Best burgers on I-90           © Laurel Ramseyer And back to the cloudy gloom of western Washington           © Rod Crawford

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