Album of Cousins Road Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 1 October 2023 spider collecting trip with Dan Nelson, mainly to working forest at the south end of Cousins Road (north of Buckhorn Hill), Lewis County, Washington. On Sierra Pacific timberland (bless them for allowing access), we sampled very productive grass, fern, salal and conifer foliage habitats, though the leaf littler and moss I was able to find were a bit lackluster. At the end of the day we maneuvered around obstacles to a marshy-meadow habitat on King Creek just south of Buckhorn Hill, but only managed to add three more spider species there. Our total for the area was a very satisfactory 39.
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2021 aerial view of spider sites in Cousins Road-Buckhorn Hill area, Lewis County, Washington powerline clearing, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Our sites in red             (Lewis County, 2021) Powerline clearing promising, but forbidden            © Rod Crawford
fall color in poserline clearing, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington Sierra Pacific gate, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Some fall color developing                  © Rod Crawford Fortunately, Sierra Pacific still lets pedestrians in           © Rod Crawford
Ozyptila pacifica from sparse litter, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington circa 2020 clearcut, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Ozyptila pacifica sifted from moss       © Rod Crawford Circa-2020 clearcut                        © Rod Crawford
planted regrowth in 2020 clearcut, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington chipped slash in 2020 clearcut, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Planted regrowth in clearcut           © Rod Crawford Pile of chipped slash was wolf spider running-ground            © Rod Crawford
grass in clearcut, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington roadside grass, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Grass in clearcut                  © Rod Crawford And roadside grass — both good sweeping               © Rod Crawford
salal in sun, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington salal in shade, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Salal in sun               © Rod Crawford Salal in shade                        © Rod Crawford
Dan Nelson purposefully spider collecting, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington Ceraticelus male beaten from salal, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Dan seeks new trees to beat          © Rod Crawford Ceraticelus male beaten from salal               © Rod Crawford
Anyphaena pacifica female from salal, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington salal in shade, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Female Anyphaena pacifica from salal       © Rod Crawford More salal in shade                   © Rod Crawford
juvenile lynx spider Oxyopes scalaris from douglas-fir foliage, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington Dan Nelson beating young trees, south end of Cousins Road, Lewis County, Washington
Oxyopes scalaris from conifer foliage        © Dan Nelson Dan beating the young trees                      © Rod Crawford
2021 aerial photo of King Creek site, Buckhorn Hill area, Lewis County, Washigton meadow along King Creek, Buckhorn Hill area Lewis County, Washington
Day's final site, meadow on King Creek (Lewis County 2021) Lush riparian meadow                    © Rod Crawford
red cedar Thuja plicata at edge of meadow, meadow along King Creek, Buckhorn Hill area Lewis County, Washington Dan Nelson sorting cedar beat sample, meadow along King Creek, Buckhorn Hill area Lewis County, Washington
Cedar trees at edge of meadow            © Rod Crawford Dan sorting his cedar-beat sample                       © Rod Crawford
downstream end of meadow along King Creek, Buckhorn Hill area Lewis County, Washington sunset from I-5 in northern Lewis County, Washington, 1 October 2023
Downstream end of meadow            © Rod Crawford Sunset soon after we hit the freeway                  © Rod Crawford

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