Album of Wynoochee River Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 10 July 2015 spider collecting trip to the bridge and fish collection facility on the Wynoochee River (below Wynoochee Dam), Grays Harbor County, Washington. Not easy to get to due to fire-danger closures, the site proved to have varied habitats and a good spider fauna, and brought us 36 species, including some unusual ones I couldn't immediately identify. See Laurel's account here too!
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Aerial view of Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington, 2013 access road to closed Green Diamond timberland, near Matlock, Washington, 10 July 2015
Fish collection dam & nearby field    (Grays Harbor County, 2013) Gate's open – can we access Green Diamond road to Deckerville Swamp?    © Rod Crawford
fire closure sign, Green Diamond timberland near Matlock, WA, 10 July 2015 west fork Satsop River at Cougar Smith Road, Mason/Grays Harbor County, Washington
No, we can't! (as I should have known)     © Rod Crawford West Fork Satsop River – road crossing closed             © Laurel Ramseyer
western red cedar and red alder trunks, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington bridge over river, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Trunks: red cedar and mossy alder       © Rod Crawford Bridge over the river – note railing on right          © Rod Crawford
Segestria pacifica spider, juvenile, on bridge, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington tube/web of spider Segestria pacifica, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Segestria under bridge railing            © Laurel Ramseyer Segestria's primitive tube/web             © Laurel Ramseyer
fungus-eaten spider under bridge railing, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington Neriene digna web Linyphiidae between bridge railing posts, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Fungus-killed spider on the bridge       © Laurel Ramseyer Neriene digna web between bridge railing posts             © Laurel Ramseyer
geometrid moth larva, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington geometrid moth Cyclophora pendulinaria, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Geometrid moth larva            © Laurel Ramseyer Cyclophora pendulinaria: who knows, maybe adult of that larva!       © Laurel Ramseyer
interpretive sign, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington barrier dam, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
In case you were curious…           © Laurel Ramseyer Barrier dam of the collection facility           © Rod Crawford
spillway of Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington downstream view of Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Spillway           © Laurel Ramseyer Downstream view of facility        © Laurel Ramseyer
Scots broom and discarded junk in field, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington large grassy field at Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Scots broom & illegal dumping, both unwelcome      © Rod Crawford Large grassy field was a welcome sight             © Rod Crawford
Douglas-fir foliage, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington young fir stand at end of field, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Fir foliage had some good spiders        © Rod Crawford There was plenty of it at the far end of the field            © Rod Crawford
Gap accessing the forest, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington dirt road through the forest, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Into the forest           © Rod Crawford Alder-fir forest had little litter, but other habitats were good    © Rod Crawford
rotting wood in forest, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington sword fern Polystichum munitum in forest, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Dead-wood habitat produced little      © Rod Crawford Fern understory was reasonably productive            © Rod Crawford
forest moss in sifter, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington shore of dam pond, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Moss-sifting added more species       © Rod Crawford Grassy shore vegetation             © Rod Crawford
thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington spider Tibellus oblongus from roadside verge, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Thimbleberry in understory      © Rod Crawford Tibellus oblongus from roadside verge            © Laurel Ramseyer
Unknown Theridion species from roadside conifers, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington upstream river bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Laurel collected unknown Theridion       © Rod Crawford Upstream river bluff                    © Rod Crawford
cave-like hollow on river bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington lush foliage on "weeping" river bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Cavelike hollow in bank; note spider threads        © Laurel Ramseyer Lush foliage on "weeping" river bluff        © Rod Crawford
Parnassia palustris flowers on seeping river bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington Arnica flowers on seeping river bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Parnassia palustris flowers on seeping bluff     © Laurel Ramseyer Arnica flowers on seeping "weeping" bluff face           © Laurel Ramseyer
red huckleberries Vaccinium parvifolium, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington fungus-killed Clubiona spider from moist vegetation on bluff, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Delicious red huckleberries        © Rod Crawford Fungus-killed Clubiona from seep vegetation               © Rod Crawford
Zelotes fratris gnaphosid spider with white egg sac, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington mini-island in river, Wynoochee River Fish Collection Facility, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Zelotes fratris in Douglas-fir cone       © Laurel Ramseyer Mini-island under the bridge                  © Rod Crawford

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