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Soaked, muddy road near our first destination © Rod Crawford |
Gloomy, soggy site supposedly had zero rain chance! © Rod Crawford |
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Trail runs vertically up middle of image (Thurston County, 2015) |
Lush, spider-rich grassy verge (with buttercups) ©
Rod Crawford |
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Ischnura cervula © Chris Smitelli |
Mostly-cloudy when we arrived, but at least no rain! © Rod Crawford |
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Invasive Enoplognatha ovata very common © Chris Smitelli |
Rarest species taken was Cyclosa turbinata © Rod Crawford |
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Giant bigleaf maple made good habitat © Rod Crawford |
Huge trunk of the giant maple © Rod Crawford |
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Maple litter (note nettle plant!) © Rod Crawford |
We sifted litter at the base of the big tree © Rod Crawford |
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Big maple visible through nettle understory © Rod Crawford |
On higher ground, more productive fern understory © Rod Crawford |
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Giant cedar trunks near the big maple © Rod Crawford |
Buttercup blossom with cerambycid beetle © Chris Smitelli |
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Bombus melanopygus on blackberry © Chris Smitelli |
Horrible blackberry thicket along trail © Rod Crawford |
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Blue sky appears over rural landscape © Rod Crawford |
Walking south along the trail from 56th Avenue © Rod Crawford |
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Hen paying no attention to us © Rod Crawford |
Domestic geese & chickens in farmyard © Rod Crawford |
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Oregon-grape and… © Rod Crawford |
…salal on a more natural trail segment © Rod Crawford |
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Siftable moss beside the trail © Rod Crawford |
Swampy section of trailside woodland © Rod Crawford |
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Moss-bedecked maple © Rod Crawford |
Monadenia land snail at our last stop © Chris Smitelli |