Album of Field Trip to Orondo & Corbaley Canyon

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to riparian habitats on the Columbia River at Orondo, and sagebrush habitats in adjacent Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington, on 1 May 2009. We took an adequate sample including a few rarities. First, the riparian cottonwood grove (in a little slice of county land) on the river. Photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Note, starting this year I'm experimenting with somewhat larger photos — feedback welcome from anyone with a slow connection.
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aerial photo (2006) of riparian habitat at Orondo, Washington riparian cottonwood forest Populus trichocarpa at Orondo, Washington
Orondo riparian grove from the air (Douglas County, 2006) Within riparian cottonwood grove       © Rod Crawford
leaf litter of cottonwood Populus trichocarpa by Columbia River, Orondo, Washington sifting cloth on cottonwood leaf litter Populus trichocarpa by Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Cottonwood leaf litter  © Rod Crawford Sifting cloth on cottonwood forest floor      © Rod Crawford
riparian grass habitat on Columbia River at Orondo, Washington riparian grass meadow on Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Grass habitat                © Laurel Ramseyer Grass meadow bordering the grove         © Laurel Ramseyer
cottonwood tree and riparian grass on Columbia River, Orondo, Washington riparian grass meadow on Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Live and dead cottonwoods        © Laurel Ramseyer The grass extends to the river shore         © Laurel Ramseyer
shoreline cobbles, Columbia River, Orondo, Washington stony shore of Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Riverbank cobbles            © Laurel Ramseyer Cobbly shoreline of the Columbia (Lake Entiat)          © Rod Crawford
Hololena nedra female, spider, Agelenidae, Columbia River, Orondo, Washington Hololena nedra web spider Agelenidae on Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Hololena nedra female, taken by pointing new camera through
microscope eyepiece!                     © Rod Crawford		 Hololena nedra web on cottonwood log          © Laurel Ramseyer
trunk of cottonwood Populus trichocarpa by Columbia River, Orondo, Washington dense riparian cottonwood Populus trichocarpa forest by Columbia River, Orondo, Washington
Big cottonwood trunk              © Laurel Ramseyer Dense part of cottonwood grove understory           © Laurel Ramseyer
old beaver lodge on the Columbia River at Orondo, Washington Lake Entiat (reservoir on Columbia River) at Orondo, Washington
Old beaver lodge on shore          © Laurel Ramseyer The dammed Columbia River            © Laurel Ramseyer

Slightly over one mile east, a very different habitat in Corbaley Canyon. Photos by Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford.

sagebrush Artemisia tridentata, Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington antelope brush Purshia tridentata in Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington
Sagebrush, Artemisia tridentata       © Rod Crawford Antelope brush, Purshia tridentata           © Rod Crawford
crab spider Philodromus histrio Thomisidae Philodrominae from Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington north wall of Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington
Philodromus histrio lives on sagebrush   © Laurel Ramseyer North wall of Corbaley Canyon                © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer collecting spiders at Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washingotn looking down Corbaley Canyon, Douglas County, Washington, toward mouth
Laurel preserving her catch          © Rod Crawford Looking down Corbaley Canyon to the river         © Laurel Ramseyer
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