Album of Friends Landing Park Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 13 July 2016 spider collecting trip to Friends Landing Park near the mouth of the Chehalis River, Grays Harbor County, Washington. A unique habitat of semi-tidal swamp (surrounding Lake Quigg), so densely forested with alder, willow, cottonwood, shrubs and a few spruce left over from the logging days, it felt like being in an old-movie jungle! We couldn't penetrate very far away from the trail/boardwalk, but still got 35-36 species, including a healthy sample of house spiders from buildings at the Lake Quigg campground. Not many mosquitos either; a very pleasant and interesting day.
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aerial photo Friends Landing Park, Lake Quigg and Chehalis River, Grays Harbor County, Washington, 2013 trailhead for circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Lake Quigg next to Chehalis River    (Grays Hbr Co., 2013) Head of the circum-lake trail          © Rod Crawford
sphinx moth Sphingidae Smerinthus cerisyi, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington dense swampy "jungle", circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
A day-active Smerinthus greeted us      © Laurel Ramseyer The jungle closes in              © Rod Crawford
Nelima paessleri with mite from spruce foliage, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington Rod Crawford on boardwalk, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Mite-parasitized Nelima paessleri    © Laurel Ramseyer On the boardwalk, I half-expected jungle sound effects      © Laurel Ramseyer
small meadow at lake outlet, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington tall grass on slough bank, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Bridge over lake outlet; small riparian meadow    © Rod Crawford Meadow habitat on banks of outlet slough              © Rod Crawford
Theridion varians with eggs & young on bridge, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington mite on abdomen of wolf spider Pardosa metlakatla in small meadow, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
On bridge, Theridion varians with eggs & young    © Laurel Ramseyer Mite on abdomen of Pardosa metlakatla                  © Rod Crawford
spruce cones and litter, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington jungle on banks of outlet slough of Lake Quigg, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Spruce cones and litter              © Laurel Ramseyer Jungle-lined outlet slough leads to river                     © Rod Crawford
spruce needles, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington Lake Quigg from west end bridge, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
If you grab spruce needles, prepare to say ouch   © Laurel Ramseyer Lake Quigg from bridge           © Rod Crawford
bridge at end of lake, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington dense jungly swamp around Lake Quigg west bridge, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Back into the jungle          © Rod Crawford Dense swampy jungle with spruce at ends of bridge         © Rod Crawford
trunk of Sitka spruce by trail, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington Rod Crawford by Sitka spruce tree, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Great bole of a trailside spruce    © Rod Crawford Rod by the spruce tree in Darkest Friends Landing         © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford sifting moss on boardwalk, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington Nearctodesmus milliped from leaf litter, circum-Lake-Quigg trail, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Boardwalk a handy place for sifting       © Laurel Ramseyer Vivid Nearctodesmus millipede from perched litter            © Laurel Ramseyer
Larinioides patagiatus orbweaver from park building, Quigg Lake campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington floating dock in Lake Quigg, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Larinioides patagiatus from a camp building      © Laurel Ramseyer Floating dock, south side of Lake Quigg                   © Rod Crawford
gnaphosid spider Poecilochroa montana, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington green flower crab spider Misumena vatia, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Poecilochroa montana on pavement    © Laurel Ramseyer Green Misumena swept by the river        © Rod Crawford
small shed, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington spider webs inside small shed, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Small shed with big spiders          © Rod Crawford Web-draped interior of shed               © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington canopy of willow-alder woodland, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage           © Rod Crawford Canopy of alder-willow woodland with little leaf litter            © Rod Crawford
grassy bank of Chehalis River at boat launch, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington Chehalis River at boat launch, Lake Quigg campground, Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Grassy riverbank added a species     © Rod Crawford Chehalis River at boat launch: flowing upstream?             © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford collecting beside Central Park Drive near Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington swampy woods and fields along Central Park Drive near Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod collecting by the road    © Laurel Ramseyer Swampy woods & fields along Central Park Drive               © Rod Crawford
Don't Drown road sign, Central Park Drive near Friends Landing Park, Grays Harbor County, Washington WPPSS Satsop Nuclear towers near Montesano, Washington
We're not even allowed to drown    © Rod Crawford The iconic WPPSS towers from the highway               © Rod Crawford

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