Album of West Winton Field Trip

Selected photos from a spider collecting field trip to West Winton railroad siding, Chelan County, Washington, 19 highway miles east of Stevens Pass, on 20 June 2009. Photos by Rod Crawford and Della Scott, as credited. We originally planned a western Washington trip but weather and an inexorable Zipcar reservation forced a last minute change to a drier site that proved to have a surprisingly sparse spider fauna. However, it was a pleasant day and hard work gave us 22 species (including 2 that had to be reared to maturity). It was Jerry Austin's first spider collecting trip since 2005; he contributed a few good specimens, but was not photo-documented.
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West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington, aerial photo unknown date (2002?) West Winton siding, Chelan County, Washington
West Winton siding site from the air  (Chelan County photo) Thanks to the railroad, the place has a name       © Rod Crawford
Della Scott wats at the Zipcar while spider collecting proceeds, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington Train passing, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington
Della waits at the Zipcar while we collect    © Rod Crawford Pardon me boy, is that the West Winton choo-choo?      © Rod Crawford
mariposa lily Calochortus lyallii, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington fir, pine and cottonwood trees, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington
Uncommon mariposa lily, Calochortus lyallii © Rod Crawford Fir, Ponderosa pine, and cottonwood trees         © Rod Crawford
raccoon track Procyon lotor, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington grassy glade in pine-fir forest, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington
Local coon had been by in the night     © Rod Crawford Beautiful, lush habitat yielded surprisingly few spiders         © Rod Crawford
thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington Indian paintbrush Castilleja sp. and seedling ponderosa pine, West Winton siding area, Chelan County, Washington
Roadside thimbleberry, Rubus parviflorus    © Della Scott Paintbrush and pine           © Rod Crawford
vine maple litter Acer circinatum, Winton area, Chelan County, Washington vine maple Acer circinatum jungle in pine forest understory, Winton area, Chelan County, Washington
Vine maple-pine litter             © Rod Crawford Barely penetrable vine maple jungle         © Rod Crawford
aerial photo, site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington Nason Creek at site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington
Third site, former campground eroded by Nason Creek  (Chelan County) Secondary channel of Nason Creek                 © Rod Crawford
cottonwood tree canopy Populus trichocarpa, site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington cottonwood leaf litter Populus trichocarpa, site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington
Cottonwood canopy         © Rod Crawford Slightly muddy cottonwood litter           © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sifting cottonwood litter, site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington shore of Nason Creek with litter sifting set up, site of former Fish Pond Campground, Chelan County, Washington
Rod sifting the litter for sparse spiders    © Della Scott Scenic site set up for streamside sifting         © Rod Crawford
Mount Index, Washington from the east, 20 June 2009 Sunset in Monroe, Washington, 20 June 2009
Silhouette of Mt. Index in evening light    © Rod Crawford The sunset peaked as we passed through Monroe           © Rod Crawford

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