Album of East Kittitas / Badger Pocket Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 18 May 2019 spider collecting trip to East Kittitas (one of those named railroad sidings, now the site of one house and one hay barn), Kittitas County, where we collected in grassy field, sagebrush, building and rocky habitats. We also hit a willow grove on the other side of the freeway. Total, 35 species. Then we completed our sampling in Badger Pocket, a remote, peaceful valley to the south, visiting some different roadside habitats for a total of 27 species there.
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2015 aerial photo of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington and vicinity access to John Wayne Trail and adjacent habitats, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
4 collecting sites around East Kittitas       (Kittitas County, 2015) The East Kittitas trailhead                  © Rod Crawford
Hay barn with spiders on walls, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington grassy field near trailhead, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Hay barn with spiders on walls         © Rod Crawford Grassy field with spiders to be swept               © Rod Crawford
sagebrush at East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington crab spider Xysticus cunctator male from East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Sagebrush has different spiders         © Rod Crawford Male Xysticus cunctator                    © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Araneus orbweaver, probably gemmoides, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington Rod Crawford sweeping field by irrigation canal, Clerf Road NW of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Juvenile Araneus on barn wall       © Laurel Ramseyer Rod sweeping by irrigation canal            © Laurel Ramseyer
Tibellus oblongus crab spider from barn wall, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington John Wayne Trail east of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Tibellus oblongus on barn wall      © Laurel Ramseyer Sagebrush along the John Wayne Trail                © Laurel Ramseyer
Erigeron linearis yellow desert daisy, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington rock cut on John Wayne Trail east of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Erigeron lilnearis, yellow desert daisy    © Rod Crawford You want rocks? Trail cuts through a big rock!               © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer at rocky cliff east of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington rocky spider habitat in steppe land, East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Laurel at shaly cliff               © Rod Crawford Plenty of rocks to turn over                      © Rod Crawford
ringlet butterfly, Coenonympha tullia, near East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington cliff above trail cut, east of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Coenonympha tullia         © Laurel Ramseyer Geologically interesting cliff                   © Rod Crawford
view of Kittitas Valley from East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington old rock quarry east of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
View of the valley from quarry       © Laurel Ramseyer Old rock quarry near the trail           © Rod Crawford
crab spider Ebo evansae on bridge railing south of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington willow grove south of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Ebo evansae on bridge railing       © Laurel Ramseyer Willow grove with good leaf litter             © Laurel Ramseyer
Hololena nedra web on bridge, s of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington bridge across Parke Creek, south of East Kittitas, Kittitas County, Washington
Hololena web on bridge           © Laurel Ramseyer Bridge across Parke Creek           © Laurel Ramseyer

We ended our day by completing the spider sample in quiet Badger Pocket:

watchful horses at Nicolai Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington Turbine Ditch irrigation canal at Nicolai Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
Horses keeping tabs on us         © Laurel Ramseyer Sweepable habitat along Turbine Ditch          © Laurel Ramseyer
watchful horses and Rod Crawford at Nicolai Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington small marsh by canal, Nicolai Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
"Whinny?"     "Neigh!"           © Laurel Ramseyer Rod in small marsh beside Turbine Ditch              © Laurel Ramseyer
Ross & Morrison roads, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington view of valley from Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
Sagebrush above the road         © Rod Crawford Looking down dead-end Ross Road in Badger Pocket         © Rod Crawford
elm leaf litter at Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington elm tree and rubble pile, Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
Elm leaf litter               © Rod Crawford Elm tree & rubble pile, promising habitats            © Rod Crawford
concrete rubble at Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington Rod Crawford at rubble pile at Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
Concrete rubble had some spiders      © Rod Crawford Rod approaches the rubble pile         © Laurel Ramseyer
Turbine Ditch canal at Ross & Morrison, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington valley viewed from WPA Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington
Turbine Ditch at Ross & Morrison     © Laurel Ramseyer Early-evening view across the valley         © Laurel Ramseyer
pine trees and cones at WPA Road, Badger Pocket, Kittitas County, Washington sunset near Snoqualmie Pass on 18 May 2019
Laurel's row of Ponderosa pines      © Rod Crawford Sunset somewhere on I-90                      © Rod Crawford
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