Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Coal Mountain Bog, Skagit County, Washington on 11 July 2007 with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Located in a western outlier of the Cascade Range, the site was selected with aerial photos and proved to have beautiful and diverse landscapes and habitats but relatively few spider species, at least at this season. Biting flies of several families were well represented, though!

READ TRIP NARRATIVE

PHOTO ALBUM INDEX

MAIN JOURNAL INDEX

Coal Mountain Bog lower right, inselberg upper left        (USGS, 1994)	Mid-day view from foothills: Skagit River near Hamilton © Laurel Ramseyer
Edge of bog             © Rod Crawford	Emerging from forest into bog           © Laurel Ramseyer
Tree clump in bog            © Rod Crawford	Coal Mountain Bog               © Laurel Ramseyer
Sphagnum bog surface    © Laurel Ramseyer	Shrubland section of bog               © Rod Crawford
Willow thicket by bog     © Laurel Ramseyer	Spiraea densiflora was common            © Laurel Ramseyer
Marsh at pond edge      © Laurel Ramseyer	Central pond of bog                  © Rod Crawford
Sympetrum sp. at pond edge    © Laurel Ramseyer	Far end of bog pond                    © Rod Crawford
Bog laurel, Kalmia, in bog     © Laurel Ramseyer	Mountain hemlock foliage, Tsuga mertensiana      © Rod Crawford
Inselberg overlooks the bog    © Laurel Ramseyer	South cliff of the inselberg           © Rod Crawford
Horse fly looking at you     © Laurel Ramseyer	Bottom boulders of north phyllite talus        © Rod Crawford
Laurel dwarfed by old growth stump  © R.Crawford	Upper talus, north side of inselberg         © Rod Crawford
The evening sun gleams from distant waters © Laurel Ramseyer	Meadow north of inselberg             © Laurel Ramseyer

This page last updated 11 August, 2007