Album of Wishkah River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 25 July 2024 spider collecting trip (with Kathy Whaley) to St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery and a nearby site on the Wishkah River. The cemetery had outstandlngly diverse habitats (everything but leaf litter and moss), and the semi-natural river site added a number of worthwhile records making, in all, 48 species, really great for mid-summer. The most uncommon species were from the river.
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St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Aerial view of cemetery & environs     (Grays Harbor County, 2021) Well-kept cemetery with a variety of stones                © Rod Crawford
entry sign, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington planted Douglas-firs on west side of St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Sign disagrees with cemetery's name on maps      © Rod Crawford Laurel approaches planted Douglas-firs at west edge             © Rod Crawford
angel statue, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington fern understory of fir forest, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Distinctly odd-looking angel (de Milo?)      © Rod Crawford Fern-salal understory of the Douglas-fir stand                   © Rod Crawford
spider Theridion californicum from salal, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington salal along south edge of St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Theridion californicum from salal           © Rod Crawford Rich salal stand along south edge of cemetery           © Laurel Ramseyer
Kathy Whaley sorting a beat sample, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington un-mowed mound in St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Kathy sorting a beat sample        © Laurel Ramseyer Un-mowed mound among the graves                      © Laurel Ramseyer
Douglas-fir cones, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington wire fence and traffic cones, St. John's (Wishkah) Cemetery, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Douglas-fir cones with 1 spider species  © Laurel Ramseyer Wire fence & traffic cones, 2 species each                    © Laurel Ramseyer
2021 aerial photo of Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington Rod Crawford approaches hay field with sweep net, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
3 sites in red at the wildlife area     (Grays Harbor County, 2021) One man with a net vs. the sea of grass                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Kathy Whaley napping, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington green riparian grass, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Blissful snooze on shady grass                © Rod Crawford Riparian grass, greener than the hay field                  © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer approaches river, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington Wishkah River, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Laurel on a prickly route to the river       © Rod Crawford One last blackberry to cross, then the river!          © Rod Crawford
riparian alder canopy, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington jungle-like riverbanks, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Riparian alder canopy              © Rod Crawford On the riverbank, one half expects Jungle Jim to appear with a machete  © Laurel Ramseyer
female Erigone spider with egg sac, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington gravel bar on river, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Erigone female with her egg sac         © Laurel Ramseyer Gravel bar on the Wishkah                        © Laurel Ramseyer
penultimate male Cybaeus reticulatus under gravel bar rock, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington lush banks of the river, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Penultimate male Cybaeus reticulatus under a rock © Laurel Ramseyer Lush riverbanks seemingly unfazed by the heat wave      © Laurel Ramseyer
spider under piece of beer bottle on gravel bar, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington male and female Bathyphantes malkini under gravel bar rock, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
A spider even uses part of a beer bottle © Laurel Ramseyer Female & male Bathyphantes malkini                 © Laurel Ramseyer
manroot vine in woodland, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington fern understory of woodland, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Manroot vine in woodland                © Laurel Ramseyer Fern understory in woodland                       © Rod Crawford
leaf litter in sifter, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington moss in woodland, Wishkah Unit, Olympic Wildlife Area, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Woodland leaf litter             © Rod Crawford Moss in woodland of wildlife area               © Rod Crawford

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