Album of Hartstene Island (east) Field Trip

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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2018 aerial view of Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington clearcut habitat, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Subsites on Ballow Road         (Mason County, 2018) Clearcut habitat from the road                     © Rod Crawford
grass in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington clearcut on Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Grass habitat in clearcut             © Rod Crawford Farther into the clearcut                © Rod Crawford
dense brush in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington maple trees in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
50 feet through this seemed like a mile      © Laurel Ramseyer But Laurel eventually reached these maples                   © Laurel Ramseyer
moss on maple trunk, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sifting moss, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Laurel's reward, moss on a maple trunk       © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel sifting the moss                      © Rod Crawford
male crab spider Ozyptila pacifica from moss, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington Scots broom Cytisus scoparius in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Reward for moss-sifting, male Ozyptila pacifica     © Laurel Ramseyer Meanwhile, I was beating broom                    © Rod Crawford
young Douglas-fir in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington bunchgrass in clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Young Douglas-fir easy to find            © Rod Crawford Bunchgrass in clearcut                     © Rod Crawford
roadside maple, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington gated entrance to state park, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
I found some more accessible maple         © Rod Crawford Gated entrance to state park                        © Rod Crawford
winter trees, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington ridge in clearcut,
Trees show it was still winter       © Rod Crawford Ridge across clearcut             © Rod Crawford
clearcut on Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington clearcut-edge forest, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Wonder who Colonel Wright was?       © Laurel Ramseyer Forest at clearcut edge                © Rod Crawford
gated road into forest, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington forest on Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Gated road into forest       © Laurel Ramseyer Forest with dense understory                  © Rod Crawford
Manke Timber sign, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington dense understory, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington
Manke Timber doesn't mind folks walking through      © Rod Crawford When I said dense, I meant it!                 © Rod Crawford
fern Polystichum munitum understory, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington salal Gaultheria shallon understory
Fern understory           © Rod Crawford Salal and evergreen huckleberry understory             © Rod Crawford
Mt Rainier from the clearcut, Ballow Road, Hartstene Island, Washington Harstine Community Hall, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington
Mt. Rainier from the clearcut          © Rod Crawford 1914 Community Hall building                 © Laurel Ramseyer
Achaearanea (Parasteatoda) tepidariorum on community hall, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington Jarrell Cove Cemetery sign, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington
A.tepidariorum & egg sacs         © Laurel Ramseyer Historic sign                         © Laurel Ramseyer
angel statue, Jarrell Cove Cemetery, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington Jarrell Cove Cemetery, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington
Angel in cemetery                 © Rod Crawford Jarrell Cove Cemetery                 © Rod Crawford
alder-maple grove at Jarrell Cove Cemetery, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington alder-maple leaf litter, Jarrell Cove Cemetery, Hartstene Island, Mason County, Washington
Grove at cemetery edge            © Rod Crawford Leaf litter I took home to sift             © Rod Crawford
Big Bubba's Burgers, Allyn, Washington setting sun on 27 February 2020, Allyn, Washington
Big Bubba's                © Rod Crawford Setting sun at Allyn                    © Rod Crawford

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