Selected photos by Rod
Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 27 February 2020 spider collecting trip to Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington (east side). The Wilkes Expedition named this island after Lt. Henry Hartstene; if somebody calls "Harstine" the "preferred" spelling, so what? I'm still going to spell it right! We collected from the west side of the island in 2017 (May); that was a good spot, but our initial site on this winter trip to the east side was rather slim pickings. We did get a sample, though, and the weather was pleasant enough. Our initial working-forest area was supplemented at a historic building and cemetery, for a total of 38-39 species. The "world famous" burger was only so-so.
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Subsites on Ballow Road (Mason County, 2018) | Clearcut habitat from the road © Rod Crawford |
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Grass habitat in clearcut © Rod Crawford | Farther into the clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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50 feet through this seemed like a mile © Laurel Ramseyer | But Laurel eventually reached these maples © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Laurel's reward, moss on a maple trunk © Laurel Ramseyer | Laurel sifting the moss © Rod Crawford |
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Reward for moss-sifting, male Ozyptila pacifica © Laurel Ramseyer | Meanwhile, I was beating broom © Rod Crawford |
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Young Douglas-fir easy to find © Rod Crawford | Bunchgrass in clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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I found some more accessible maple © Rod Crawford | Gated entrance to state park © Rod Crawford |
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Trees show it was still winter © Rod Crawford | Ridge across clearcut © Rod Crawford |
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Wonder who Colonel Wright was? © Laurel Ramseyer | Forest at clearcut edge © Rod Crawford |
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Gated road into forest © Laurel Ramseyer | Forest with dense understory © Rod Crawford |
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Manke Timber doesn't mind folks walking through © Rod Crawford | When I said dense, I meant it! © Rod Crawford |
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Fern understory © Rod Crawford | Salal and evergreen huckleberry understory © Rod Crawford |
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Mt. Rainier from the clearcut © Rod Crawford | 1914 Community Hall building © Laurel Ramseyer |
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A.tepidariorum & egg sacs © Laurel Ramseyer | Historic sign © Laurel Ramseyer |
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Angel in cemetery © Rod Crawford | Jarrell Cove Cemetery © Rod Crawford |
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Grove at cemetery edge © Rod Crawford | Leaf litter I took home to sift © Rod Crawford |
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Big Bubba's © Rod Crawford | Setting sun at Allyn © Rod Crawford |
This page last updated 25 December, 2020