Album of Harper County Park Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington, by bus and ferry on 8 June 2009. Photos by Rod Crawford. A successful trip to some varied and interesting-looking habitats, even though the catch of 30 species included no amazing records. I didn't originally intend to spread my collection over 6 different subsites; that's just where the habitats (grassy field, tidal marsh, beach, buildings, forest, roadside) turned out to be. All were within an area of about 1 square kilometer: on the whole, a nice park, reasonably natural where not overwhelmed by ivy.
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2002 aerial photo of Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington Southworth Ferry Dock, Kitsap County, Washington on 8 June 2009
Aerial view showing 4 of the 6 habitats visited      (USGS, 2002) My ferry approaches Southworth Dock       © Rod Crawford
grassy field south of Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington grassy field south of Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
First stop, a grassy field south of the park    © Rod Crawford It's nice that such places still exist close to an urban area      © Rod Crawford
buttercup Ranunculus and clover in grassy field south of Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington grassy field south of Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Buttercups and clover among the grass  © Rod Crawford Grass in the field was getting nice and tall         © Rod Crawford
Tidal marsh, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington tidal marsh, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Looking down the tidal marsh toward Colby Bay     © Rod Crawford Beautiful tidal marsh found through serendipity         © Rod Crawford
Distichlis spicata in tidal marsh, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington edge of tidal marsh at uppermost mud flat, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Part of marsh with native Distichlis spicata    © Rod Crawford Tidal mud flat 520 feet upstream from head of bay       © Rod Crawford
pebble beach of Colby Bay, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington Colby Bay, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Pebble beach of Colby Bay             © Rod Crawford The public beach of Colby Bay, part of the park         © Rod Crawford
wild rose Rosa nutkana at Colby Bay, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington shrubs overhanging seawall at Colby Bay, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Beachfront wild rose thicket produced nice spiders      © Rod Crawford Clubiona norvegica inhabited this shrub on the sea wall.
Note bricks from 19th-century Harper Brickyard       © Rod Crawford
driftwood in beach meadow, Colby Bay, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington understory ferns and Oregon grape hang down road bank, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Driftwood in the beach meadow          © Rod Crawford Understory foliage hanging down road bank           © Rod Crawford
English ivy Hedera helix invading woods at Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum canopy on woodland trail, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington
Other parts of the park forest are smothered in ivy    © Rod Crawford Maple canopy at site of understory photo above         © Rod Crawford
harvestman Protolophus sp. from fir foliage, Harper County Park, Kitsap County, Washington sun dazzle on Puget Sound from ferry between Vashon and Fauntleroy, 8 June 2009
Male Protolophus from fir tree, day's last specimen    © Rod Crawford Sailing home again: sun dazzle on the Sound               © Rod Crawford

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