Album of Mount Ellinor Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 31 July 2015 spider collecting trip with Jessi Bishopp to Mount Ellinor in Olympic National Forest, Mason County, Washington. Laurel found no pine trees but collected some spiders from mountain hemlock cones. Jessi in her youthful vigor climbed all the way to the summit and added some good species to those Rod and Laurel took from treeline and forest habitats. There were some introduced species way up the very steep trail, as well as a very unusual black Araneus gemmoides; we got 31 spider species in all. See Laurel's account here also!
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roadside near Skinwood Creek, below Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington bird feather from red-shafted flicker
Roadside where we took low-elevation sample     © Rod Crawford Red-shafted flicker feather           © Laurel Ramseyer
roadside verge near Skinwood Creek, below Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sampling cones above Skinwood Creek, below Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Rod got 6 species from roadside verge        © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel carefully collects her 1 spider from fir cones             © Rod Crawford
2005 aerial photo of Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Jessi Bishopp starts to hike Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Mt. Ellinor: trailhead lower right, summit upper left  (Mason Co. 2005) Jessi starts up the trail                    © Rod Crawford
stairsteps on trail, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington subalpine mountain hemlock subalpine fir forest, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Trail or staircase?            © Rod Crawford Subalpine forest             © Laurel Ramseyer
subalpine forest with dead wood, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington hemlock needle litter and cones, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Aha, dead wood habitat         © Rod Crawford Mountain hemlock needle litter and cones             © Laurel Ramseyer
mountain hemlock cone with Cryphoeca web, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Cryphoeca exlineae spider in mountain hemlock cone, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Mountain hemlock mini-cone with Cryphoeca web   © Laurel Ramseyer Cryphoeca exlineae between 2 cone scales!          © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford sifting hemlock litter, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Rod Crawford and Jessi Bishopp sifting hemlock needle litter, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Rod sifting hemlock needle litter     © Laurel Ramseyer Jessi fetches more litter to sift           © Laurel Ramseyer
plaque at treeline viewpoint, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington treeline habitats, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Plaque at treeline viewpoint           © Rod Crawford Treeline habitats               © Rod Crawford
view of Lake Cushman from treeline on Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Jessi Bishopp admires the view from treeline viewpoint, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Lake Cushman from treeline          © Laurel Ramseyer Jessi admires the view                © Rod Crawford
Mount Rainier from treeline viewpoint, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer takes a water break at treeline, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Mount Rainier from viewpoint        © Rod Crawford But Laurel seemed more interested in a water break            © Rod Crawford
mountain hemlocks and subalpine firs at treeline, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington subalpine fir Abies lasiocarpa foliage, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Lots & lots of conifer foliage!         © Rod Crawford Characteristic subalpine fir foliage           © Rod Crawford
Philodromus alascensis from Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington Theridion sp., possibly lawrencei, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Philodromus alascensis on fingertip      © Laurel Ramseyer Colorful juvenile Theridion                © Rod Crawford
Philodromus alascensis egg sac, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington jumping spider Salticidae Pelegrina aeneola, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Philodromus alascensis egg sac       © Laurel Ramseyer Pelegrina aeneola male                © Rod Crawford
bluebells Campanula parryi, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington boulder talus near treeline, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Bluebell, Campanula parryi       © Laurel Ramseyer Trail passes through boulder talus            © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile orbweaver in talus retreat, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington boulder talus near treeline, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Juvenile Araneus in boulder retreat      © Laurel Ramseyer Orbweavers survived among broiling-hot boulders            © Laurel Ramseyer
retreat of Araneus gemmoides web in boulder talus, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington female melanic orbweaver Araneus gemmoides, Mt. Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Retreat of gemmoides web             © Laurel Ramseyer Giant Araneus gemmoides from talus web              © Laurel Ramseyer
unknown Theridion spider from summit of Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington heather meadow near treeline, Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Unidentified Theridion from summit     © Rod Crawford Heather meadow in treeline area           © Rod Crawford
carapace of female Cybaeopsis spider, summit of Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington mountain goats on trail, Mount Ellinor, Mason County, Washington
Jessi's Cybaeopsis from the summit       © Rod Crawford Jessi bids farewell to too-inquisitive mountain goats              © Rod Crawford
The Burger Stand, Hoodsport, Washington sunset near Olympia, Washington on 31 July 2015
What a combination!             © Rod Crawford Sunset was hard to photograph from freeway                 © Rod Crawford

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