Album of Oakland Bay Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 15 March 2019 spider collecting trip to the Bayshore Preserve, the adjacent state wildlife site, and an urban habitat all on Oakland Bay of Puget Sound, in Mason County, Washington. The state property had plenty of invasive plants, the preserve property had almost none — great work, Capitol Land Trust! The preserve land is a former golf course which makes the layout of trees and grass seem more than a little unnatural, but restoration is proceeding and we managed to get 37 spider species.
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2018 aerial photo of Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington Oakland Bay from Bayshore Preserve, Mason County, Washington
Bayshore Peninsula looks like golf course! (Mason County, 2018) Oakland Bay from the shore                   © Laurel Ramseyer
invasive ivy on state land near Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington invasive blackberry Rubus armeniacus on state land near Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
State land tract had ivy…      © Rod Crawford …and state land tract had blackberry!                © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage at Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington board spider habitat, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Douglas-fir foliage was productive      © Rod Crawford Boards with spiders under them           © Laurel Ramseyer
cottonwood leaf litter, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington bigleaf maple leaf litter, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Cottonwood litter, shocking low spider diversity!   © Rod Crawford Maple leaf litter, more spider species as usual         © Rod Crawford
pile of sifted litter by sifter, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington remnant of February snow, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Pile of already-sifted litter          © Rod Crawford Remnant of last month's snow                 © Rod Crawford
moss on base of young maple tree, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington large bigleaf maple in field, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Moss on young maple tree            © Rod Crawford Impressive big maple in field                        © Rod Crawford
closeup of fruiting moss, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington trailhead, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Closeup of fruiting-moss jungle      © Laurel Ramseyer Trail leads through state & land-trust jurisdictions           © Rod Crawford
Land trust rules, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington dead grass to be swept, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Land trust has few rules            © Rod Crawford The former golf course becomes sweepable meadow       © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer sifting moss, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington cool-lookiing maple tree, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Laurel sifting moss        © Rod Crawford Cool-looking maple tree                © Laurel Ramseyer
edge of field in state tract, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington Douglas-fir grove in Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Fir foliage at edge of field               © Rod Crawford Douglas-fir grove on land trust property               © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile Enoplognatha thoracica sifted from ground moss, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington field and trees in former golf course, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Enoplognatha thoracica            © Laurel Ramseyer Grassy field, scattered trees                    © Rod Crawford
edge of salt marsh, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington horizontal oak tree, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Edge of forbidden salt marsh        © Laurel Ramseyer Horizontal oak tree on shore                    © Rod Crawford
juvenile Xysticus cristatus crab spider, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington shore of bay at high tide, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Juvenile male Xysticus cristatus        © Laurel Ramseyer Bay shore at high tide                     © Rod Crawford
rotten stump in field, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington beach of bay at low tide, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Rotten stump in field             © Rod Crawford Beach of Oakland Bay at low tide                © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir cones on tree, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington bay shore at Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Douglas-fir cones still on tree        © Laurel Ramseyer Trail along the shore                        © Rod Crawford
Johns Creek, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington mossy habitats along Johns Creek, Bayshore Preserve, Oakland Bay, Mason County, Washington
Riparian zone of Johns Creek       © Laurel Ramseyer Johns Creek and mossy habitats                © Laurel Ramseyer
pine cones in pocket park at 1st & Cota, Shelton, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sampling pine cones, pocket park at 1st & Cota, Shelton, Washington
Pine cones in the pocket park, Shelton  © Rod Crawford Cone-pickin' Laurel in action                   © Rod Crawford

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