Album of Boistfort Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 7 October 2024 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to Boistfort, Grays Harbor County, Washington. We collected at the current cemetery and the half-ruined pioneer cemetery (its story is interesting, see narrative), getting about 20 species; then went to wooded Boistfort Lions Public Park, 2 miles west of town, where we boosted the day's catch to a great 56 species!
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Boistfort community, Lewis County, Washington, showing cemetery sites in 2024 Boistfort Cemetery entrance, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
South part of Boistfort showing cemeteries     (Lewis County, 2024) The "new" (currently used) cemetery                © Rod Crawford
scene in Boistfort Cemetery, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington mound where old/pioneer cemetery was, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
Scene in main cemetery (Laurel in distance) © Rod Crawford This mound holds remains of the pioneer cemetery           © Rod Crawford
scotch thistle at base of pioneer cemetery mound, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington male spider Spirembolus mundus from cemetery, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
Scotch thistles at base of mound       © Laurel Ramseyer Spirembolus mundus male from cemetery                 © Rod Crawford
Laurel sweeping grass along trail up cemetery mound, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington Laurel in shade of large Douglas-fir on old cemetery mound, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
Laurel sweeping along trail up the mound   © Rod Crawford Laurel enjoys shade of big tree in pioneer cemetery           © Rod Crawford
mossy bases of snowberry stems, pioneer cemetery, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington Kathy Whaley outside shade of the big tree, pioneer cemetery, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
Mossy bases of snowberry stems     © Laurel Ramseyer Kathy basks in sun outside the big tree's shade              © Laurel Ramseyer
feral apples on pioneer cemetery mound, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington giant blackberry thicket on pioneer cemetery mound, Boistfort, Lewis County, Washington
Feral apples on side of mound         © Laurel Ramseyer Great blackberry thicket has swallowed half the mound          © Rod Crawford
Spider sites at and near Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington entrance of Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Sites in & around Boistfort Lions Park (Lewis County, 2024) Kathy & Laurel at park entrance (note cedar foliage)          © Rod Crawford
maple canopy, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington fern understory, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Maple canopy in park              © Rod Crawford Productive fern understory                        © Rod Crawford
sifter on sifting platform, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington bigleaf maple leat litter, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
I sifted litter on a stone platform         © Rod Crawford Maple litter unexpectedly spider-poor               © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple trunk with moss, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington Slide Creek, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Bigleaf maple trunk with moss         © Rod Crawford Slide Creek runs through the park                  © Rod Crawford
loose alder bark, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington within alder stand, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Loose bark added one species           © Rod Crawford Easy to stroll into extensive alder stand                    © Rod Crawford
moss on alder trunk, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington Slide Creek, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Moss on alder trunk              © Rod Crawford Farther upstream on Slide Creek                 © Laurel Ramseyer
licorice ferns on alder trunk, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington stream cobbles on Slide creek, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Licorice ferns on alder trunk               © Rod Crawford Many stream cobbles!                     © Laurel Ramseyer
fungus in forest, Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington Tmarus angulatus, W of Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Fungi and log                 © Laurel Ramseyer Kathy's Tmarus angulatus                   © Rod Crawford
juvenile Hypsosinga orbweaver from Douglas fir, W of Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington Rhomphaea fictilium from Douglas fir, W of Boistfort Lions Park, Lewis County, Washington
Kathy's Hypsosinga             © Rod Crawford Kathy's Rhomphaea fictilium                © Rod Crawford
fall foliage on Boistfort Road, Lewis County, Washington fall foliage on Boistfort Road, Lewis County, Washington
Fall foliage…            © Rod Crawford …finally coming in along the road           © Rod Crawford
pink sunset cloud visible from front seat, south of Olympia along I-5, 7 October 2024 sunset through rear car window, south of Olympia along I-5, 7 October 2024
Pink sunset cloud visible from front seat    © Rod Crawford But Laurel caught real sunset through rear wndow grid       © Laurel Ramseyer

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