Album of Greenwater Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our initially-wet spider collecting trip to Greenwater and vicinity (4 sites), border of King and Pierce Counties, Washington on 28 October 2016. Collecting on a nice fall day after a rainy night was something of a desperation move, but it paid off with over 40 species (thanks especially to good leaf litter fauna). Adding those taken here on July 23, we now have 48-50 species from the area. Habitats were wet on arrival, but terrain exposed to sun dried off nicely by midafternoon. The only catastrophe was that Laurel accidentally deleted all but her last few photos; thus, only 2 of hers near the Greenwater bridge appear below. Laurel's trip account is forthcoming.
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4 fall spider collecting sites near Greenwater, King County, Washington, 2015 aerial photo wet pavement in Greenwater, King County, Washington
4 spider sites shown in red      (King County, 2015) Sun tries valiantly to dry wet pavement          © Rod Crawford
Naches Tavern, Greenwater, King County, Washington and adjacent Douglas-firs female microspider Tachygyna ursina from Douglas-fir cones, Greenwater, King County, Washington
Lots of Doug-firs by the Naches Tavern    © Rod Crawford But Laurel found few open cones; among her spiders, Tachygyna ursina     © Rod Crawford
sasquatch statue, front of Naches Tavern, Greenwater, King County, Washington cottonwoods with yellow fall foliage,
Sasquatch statue & window-well habitat   © Rod Crawford Cottonwoods still with many of their yellow leaves           © Rod Crawford
private property sign at clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
2nd site: sign doesn't mention trespassing!        © Rod Crawford Clearcut site had broom, grass, and young Douglas-firs         © Rod Crawford
sweepable grass in clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington sweepable grass in clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Plenty of grass to sweep            © Rod Crawford But the swept spiders weren't very diverse           © Rod Crawford
retention-forestry tree group in clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington Tetragnatha laboriosa spider with red median band, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Pitifully small "retention forestry" grove     © Rod Crawford Tetragnatha laboriosa with red median band         © Rod Crawford
scenic partly-cloudy sky on 28 October 2016, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington undetermined Philodromus species, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Scenic cloud formation             © Rod Crawford This undetermined Philodromus best spider at the site          © Rod Crawford
young Douglas-firs in clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington young Douglas-firs in clearcut, 2 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Young trees in 8-year-old clearcut          © Rod Crawford Tree foliage yielded many spiders, mostly of a few species      © Rod Crawford
riparian alder forest at Greenwater River bridge alder litter near bridge, 3.5 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Riparian alder forest at bridge, 3rd site    © Rod Crawford Alder litter was thin, but productive of spiders         © Rod Crawford
Greenwater River bridge, 3.5 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington Greenwater River at bridge, 3.5 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Greenwater River bridge, our 3rd site     © Rod Crawford Greenwater River at bridge            © Rod Crawford
dead coho salmon in Greenwater River tributary, 3.5 miles SE of Greenwater, King County, Washington mini-spillway in Greenwater River tributary, 3.5 miles SE of of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Coho salmon spawn in Greenwater drainage    © Laurel Ramseyer An unnamed but significant tributary flows in at bridge      © Laurel Ramseyer
maple leaf litter at Slippery Creek, NW of Greenwater, King County, Washington Laurel's car parked at Slippery Creek, NW of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Maple litter at last site, Slippery Creek       © Rod Crawford Sifting setup on back of Laurel's car, parked at Slippery Creek   © Rod Crawford
ventral view of crab spider Ozyptila pacifica from Slippery Creek, NW of Greenwater, King County, Washington Slippery Creek, NW of Greenwater, King County, Washington
Ozyptila pacifica, ventral view       © Rod Crawford Slippery Creek under state highway bridge                © Rod Crawford
Dusk on 28 October 2016 driving from Grenwater to Enumclaw, Washington sunset from SE outskirts of Enumclaw, Washington on 28 October 2016
Colorless dusk descends as we head west   © Rod Crawford One glimpse of sunset as we pull into Enomclaw            © Rod Crawford

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