Album of Salsbury Point Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 29 November 2015 spider collecting trip to Salsbury Point County Park, northwestern Kitsap County, Washington. The weatherman blew it, the blue sky never materialized, leaving us with a bone-chilling sunless day on which sifting was impractical. Fortunately, a bagfull of leaf litter brought home produced 12 spider species and other good stuff, and our field crew (augmented by new volunteer Ben Diehl) worked hard to extract spiders from other habitats, giving us a successful catch of 35-36 species. Laurel's blog for the day is here.
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2012 aerial winter image of Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington passing Edmonds-Kingston ferry in the fog, 29 November 2015
Aerial view of the park (winter)     (Kitsap County, 2012) Ferries that pass in the fog             © Rod Crawford
cormorant and gulls on pilings, Edmonds, Washington ferry dock, 29 November 2015 roadside forest, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Cormorant and gulls at ferry dock      © Laurel Ramseyer Park has a small but good forest tract           © Rod Crawford
Ben Diehl collecting spiders from a beat sample, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington fern understory in cedar-maple forest, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
New volunteer Ben Diehl        © Rod Crawford Ben's best habitat, fern understory              © Rod Crawford
bare maple trees, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington bare branches, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
"Bare ruin'd choirs…"         © Rod Crawford "…where late the sweet birds sang"             © Laurel Ramseyer
winter maple trunks, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington moss on log and leaf litter, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Winterized maple trunks             © Rod Crawford Moss on log; maple leaf litter             © Rod Crawford
moss on maple trunk; salmonberry understory, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington sifting moss on picnic table, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Moss on maple trunks with salmonberry   © Rod Crawford Attempt to sift moss in the field failed          © Rod Crawford
maple leaf litter, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington female Usofila pacifica spider, Telemidae, from leaf litter, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Some of the maple litter I brought home    © Rod Crawford Usofila pacifica, one of the 12 species I sifted at home           © Rod Crawford
licorice ferns on maple trunk, sword ferns below, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington spider-web-based jungle gym in playground, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Polystichum below, Polypodium on trunk     © Rod Crawford The big one that got away               © Rod Crawford
foliage of shore pine, Pinus contorta contorta, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington shore pines, Pinus contorta contorta, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Foliage of shore pine         © Laurel Ramseyer Shore pines in park                © Laurel Ramseyer
shore pine cones on ground, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington shore pine cones on tree, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Shore pine cones on ground        © Laurel Ramseyer Shore pine cones on tree              © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile erigonine spider from pine cones, probablty Entelecara, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington red cedar trees Thuja plicata in forest, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Juvenle from cones: Entelecara?      © Laurel Ramseyer Red cedar was the dominant forest conifer            © Rod Crawford
harvestman on pine cone, Paroligolophus agrestis, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer collecting synanthropic spiders from building, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Paroligolophus agrestis on a pine cone   © Laurel Ramseyer I could barely see Laurel in the picnic shelter, but she and Ben could actually spot spiders under the eaves!            © Rod Crawford
Body of harvestman Leptobunus parvulus from picnic shelter, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington harvestman Leptobunus parvulus on wall of picnic shelter, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Body of Leptobunus parvulus       © Laurel Ramseyer Leptobunus plastered to picnic shelter wall             © Laurel Ramseyer
foliage of grand fir Abies grandis, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii at top of beach, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
One Abies grandis tree along park road     © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir tree, good habitat at beach edge             © Rod Crawford
black squirrel (black phase Sciurus carolinensis) on cedar trunk, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington beach drift logs, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Black-phase squirrel is more cold-tolerant      © Laurel Ramseyer Drift logs on the upper beach             © Rod Crawford
gravel beach, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington beach meadow zone, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Gravel beach            © Rod Crawford Beach meadow zone produced 3 species              © Rod Crawford
"water trail" sign on beach, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington Beach and Hood Canal Bridge, Salsbury Point Park, Kitsap County, Washington
"Water trail" sign; note end-of-park just behind       © Rod Crawford Park beach and Hood Canal Bridge            © Laurel Ramseyer

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