Album of Lower Wynoochee River Field Trip

Selected photos by Kathy Whaley and Rod Crawford from our 31 October 2023 spider collecting trip to sites along the lower Wynoochee River, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The area was selected for a warm-enough-to-sift forecast; one of the three planned sites didn't work out and we had less personnel than planned, but we still got 39 spider species. Rod forgot his camera, so the field photos below are courtesy of Kathy's phone (but the battery died too soon to catch a sunset).
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2021 aerial photo of Chehalis Timber property on Black Creek Road, Grays Harbor County, Washington roadside habitats, Black Creek Road, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Lovely varied habitat tract, forbidden!    (Grays Harbor Co. 2021) Rod looking at a tree beat catch           © Kathy Whaley
Rod Crawford beating Douglas-fir, Black Creek Road, Grays Harbor County, Washington Douglas-fir foliage, Black Creek Road, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Rod beating a tree               © Kathy Whaley Douglas-fir foliage                   © Kathy Whaley
aerial view of Wynoochee Valley Fire Station and vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington spider Rhomphaea fictilium, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington
Fire station (F) and adjacent woods      (Grays Harbor Co. 2021) Kathy's Rhomphaea fictilium           © Rod Crawford
Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington salal understory, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington
Pityohyphantes rubrofasciatus from conifers       © Rod Crawford Salal understory                       © Kathy Whaley
male spider Coreorgonal monoceros sifted, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington Coreorgonal monoceros closeup of clypeal horn, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington
Coreorgonal monoceros from leaf litter     © Rod Crawford Closeup of clypeal horn, C. monoceros              © Rod Crawford
bare understory, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington fern-salal understory, Wynoochee Valley Fire Station vicinity, Grays Harbor county, Washington
Rather barren section of understory       © Kathy Whaley Fern and salal in understory                     © Kathy Whaley
2021 aerial photo of roadside grass at Kirkwood Memorial Bridge, Wynoochee River, Washington
Bridge and Geissler Road       (Grays Harbor Co. 2021) Roadside grass at Kirkwood Bridge              © Kathy Whaley
riverside bigleaf maple tree, Kirkwood Memorial Bridge, Wynoochee River, Washington Historic Bob Thomson photo of spider Tibellus oblongus
Riverside maple shed some cold litter      © Kathy Whaley Tibellus oblongus was commonest spider in grass             Bob Thomson photo
spider niche behind guardrail post, Kirkwood Memorial Bridge, Wynoochee River, Washington Kirkwood Memorial Bridge, Wynoochee River, Washington
Zygiella niche on guardrail          © Kathy Whaley The bridge and the quiet Wynoochee River             © Kathy Whaley

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