Album of Little Eagle Lake Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 17 June 2021 spider collecting trip (with Natalie Jones) to Little Eagle Lake in the Green River Watershed. Finally! We managed to get into this area roughly a year and a half after first getting permission to do so. Thanks to decent habitats, an enthusiastic helper (Natalie from the watershed staff) and strategy (Laurel thought of bringing huge bags of moss and leaf litter with us when we had to leave the watershed early), we ended with an outstanding 51 species sample!
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2019 aerial photo of Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington road around Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Lake, stream and road transect sites in red    (King Co., 2019) Verdant road around north side of lake             © Rod Crawford
Pardosa dorsuncata wolf spider with egg sac, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington small clearing along road, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Pardosa dorsuncata with egg sac         © Laurel Ramseyer Rod started by sweeping a small clearing               © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer and Natalie Jones lunching at Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington hill with alder and conifers, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Lunch                     © Rod Crawford Alder beside the road, conifers I wanted to beat way up there!  © Rod Crawford
thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington fir, Abies sp., foliage Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Roadside Rubus parviflorus          © Rod Crawford Roadside fir foliage                   © Rod Crawford
salal Gaultheria shallon beside Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington emerging from trees to see Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Lakeside salal understory         © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel and Natalie emerge from the trees to behold the lake!              © Laurel Ramseyer
lake shore understory, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington emergent marshy habitat, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Lake shore understory         © Laurel Ramseyer Marshy stretches inviting, but inaccessible                     © Laurel Ramseyer
Natalie Jones beating shrubs, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington beautiful Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Natalie beating shrubs          © Laurel Ramseyer Beautiful Little Eagle Lake                        © Laurel Ramseyer
soider Dirksia cinctipes, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington road crossing the outlet stream of Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Dirksia cinctipes             © Rod Crawford Natalie's truck parked by the outlet stream                   © Rod Crawford
dense streamside understory, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington alder canopy by outlet stream of Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Ultra-dense streamside understory         © Rod Crawford Canopy of streamside alder forest               © Rod Crawford
mossy trunk with litter-filled hollow, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington bizarre right-angled alder tree, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Moss-covered trunk has litter inside      © Rod Crawford An alder tree for pipefitters                © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer, moss-gatherer, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington alder leaf litter, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
The Moss-Gatherer            © Rod Crawford Alder litter in place                 © Rod Crawford
moss on tree and rock, Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington outlet creek of Little Eagle Lake, Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
More moss              © Laurel Ramseyer The outlet creek               © Rod Crawford
part of waterworks near gate of Green River Watershed, King County, Washington Laurel and Natalie manhandle giant bags of litter and moss, gate area of Green River Watershed, King County, Washington
Part of the Tacoma city waterworks        © Rod Crawford Laurel and Natalie manhandle giant bags of litter and moss     © Rod Crawford

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