Album of Lake Entiat Viewpoint Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Joy Liu from our 2 June 2012 spider collecting trip to a roadside viewpoint on "Lake Entiat" (a.k.a. the Columbia River behind Rocky Reach Dam). We were luckily across the river from a biggish brush fire that firefighters were working on all afternoon. The object was to supplement 12 species collected long ago by Devin Carroll and others, and we succeeded, getting about 15 species in the highly altered habitats for a total of 24.
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2006 aerial view of Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington parking lot sign, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Our site from the air       (Douglas County, 2006) Arrived at last!                  © Joy Liu
brush fire north of Wenatchee, 2 June 2012 brush fire north of Wenatchee, 2 June 2012
Where there's smoke…            © Rod Crawford …there's a big brush fire across the river           © Joy Liu
male jumping spider Sassacus vitis from Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington Lake Entiat from Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Sassacus vitis was abundant          © Rod Crawford This used to be the Columbia River              © Rod Crawford
wild rose thicket, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington dry hill across the river from Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Extensive wild rose thickets perfumed the air     © Rod Crawford Dry hillside luckily didn't catch fire               © Rod Crawford
Himalayan blackberry Rubus discolor at Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington jumping spider Sitticus palustris from Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Blackberry in eastern Washington, yet!   © Rod Crawford Joy caught this Sitticus palustris               © Rod Crawford
Misumenops sp. from Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Yellow Misumenops from…              © Rod Crawford …slope covered with yellow Sisymbrium               © Rod Crawford
ground surface, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington shallows of river, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Allmost-bare ground               © Joy Liu Shallows at edge of river                 © Rod Crawford
speedboat in lake, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington Joy Liu by big sagebrush, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Boater speeds by the smoke       © Rod Crawford Joy looks small compared to big sagebrush              © Rod Crawford
riparian Eleagnus angustifolia, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington Mallos pallidus from sagebrush, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Big Russian olive tree        © Rod Crawford Mallos pallidus from sagebrush             © Rod Crawford
crab spider Philodromus carapace, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington riparian steppe, Lake Entiat roadside viewpoint, Douglas County, Washington
Philodromus carapace          © Rod Crawford Riparian steppe habitat          © Rod Crawford

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