Album of Cole Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 27 June 2017 spider collecting trip to Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington. The pleasant little creek had some nice riparian habitats that yielded plenty of spiders; Laurel walked (and walked) along the rough old road that crossed the creek and found a few white pine trees with fallen cones for her to tap, producing their share of spiders. Unfortunately we lost touch with each other and spent some time fruitlessly searching, but finally met back at the car with 34 species. Laurel's account of the day is here.
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2015 aerial view of Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Cole Creek Valley, riparian sites in red      (Kittitas County, 2015) Cole Creek briefly emerges from shade              © Rod Crawford
red Ribes shrub, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington small roadside meadow, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Red roadside Ribes           © Rod Crawford Tiny roadside meadow had good spiders               © Rod Crawford
tangled interior of alder thicket, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington dense alder-willow thicket along creek, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Inside thickets, it's hard to move       © Laurel Ramseyer Tangled alder-willow thicket along creek             © Rod Crawford
white pine tree Pinus monticola, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington pine cones of Pinus monticola, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Laurel has an eye for pine trees         © Laurel Ramseyer Big white-pine cones had spiders in them            © Laurel Ramseyer
trunk of white pine tree, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington western hemlock Tsuga heterophylla foliage, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Trunk of a bigger white pine tree        © Laurel Ramseyer Hemlock foliage added its tale of spiders        © Rod Crawford
leaf litter of alder and cottonwood by creek, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington sifter full of leaf litter, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Alder-cottonwood leaf litter in place        © Rod Crawford Sifting litter gave me 7 spider/harvestman species             © Rod Crawford
carapace of Philodromus oneida crab spider, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington Philodromus oneida crab spider, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Carapace of Philodromus oneida           © Rod Crawford Male Philodromus oneida alive              © Laurel Ramseyer
trunk of cottonwood tree, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington cottonwood trees by creek, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Cottonwood trunk in riparian shade     © Rod Crawford Cottonwood trees by stream             © Rod Crawford
Theridion lawrencei theridiid spider atypical specimen, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington herbaceous understory, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Yet another color form of Theridion lawrencei      © Rod Crawford Herbaceous riparian understory               © Rod Crawford
frog on muddy road surface, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington roadside trilliums,
Small frog hopping across road     © Rod Crawford Roadside trilliums                     © Rod Crawford
velvet mite (Trombidiidae), Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington small forest glade, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Velvet mite (Trombidiidae)             © Laurel Ramseyer Small forest glade                        © Rod Crawford
flowers of beargrass Xerophyllum tenax, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington beargrass in forest opening, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Beargrass flowers            © Laurel Ramseyer Beargrass in a forest opening                 © Laurel Ramseyer
hiking tracks of 2 spider collectors on 27 June 2017, Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington old road Laurel Ramseyer hiked along, near Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
Laurel's route to viewpoint in red; Rod's route to lake looking for Laurel in yellow       (Kittitas County, 2015) The old road Laurel hiked: not the way to the lake!        © Laurel Ramseyer
overgrown old road Laurel Ramseyer hiked on 27 June 2017 near Cole Creek, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington view of Lake Kachess from Cole Creek road, south of Easton, Kittitas County, Washington
I just knew Laurel couldn't have taken this overgrown road
© Laurel Ramseyer		 View of Lake Kachess rewarded Laurel's long walk      © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer tapping pine cones in Easton, Washington near-sunset behind unusual linear cloud, Seattle, Washington on 27 June 2017
Laurel tapping more cones in Easton       © Rod Crawford Seattle sunset behind unusual linear cloud          © Rod Crawford

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