Album of Halford/Eagle Falls Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 6 November 2019 spider collecting trip to a pair of sites upstream of Eagle Falls on the North Fork Skykomish River. One of those old railroad-siding "towns" (now just names), Halford, was here. First we collected in maples along the highway and the river at the falls trailhead, then in a denser forest up a forest service road above. Conditions were rather chilly, but we got 34 species including several worthwhile.
READ TRIP NARRATIVE PHOTO ALBUM INDEX MAIN JOURNAL INDEX
2018 aerial photo of Halford area, Snohomish County, Washington North Fork Skykomish River gorge near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Our sites in red, forest road dotted white  (Snohomish County, 2018) Down in the river gorge                   © Rod Crawford
Mount Index from near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington low-current stretch of North Fork Skykomish River near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
No snow yet on Mount Index           © Rod Crawford Pooled stretch of river                       © Rod Crawford
mossy maple trunks near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington roadside maple leaf litter near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Mossy maple trunks by river         © Rod Crawford Leaf litter between highway and tracks             © Rod Crawford
warning signs near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington clear water in Skykomish River, near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Don't go over the falls in a barrel             © Rod Crawford Beautiful clear blue-green river             © Laurel Ramseyer
men working on the railroad, near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington Dynamic Tamping Express, near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
They've been workin' on the railroad         © Rod Crawford The Dynamic Tamping Express               © Rod Crawford
sword fern understory, near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington Machilidae sifted from moss, near Eagle Falls, Snohomish County, Washington
Sword fern understory             © Rod Crawford Machilidae sifted from moss                    © Laurel Ramseyer
bare maple tree on mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
De-leafed maple tree           © Rod Crawford Mountain above Halford                © Laurel Ramseyer
mossy maple trunks in forest, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington bend in the forest road, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
Mossy maple trunks in forest       © Rod Crawford Bend in the forest road              © Rod Crawford
sun hits the forest floor, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington sunny roadside understory, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
Sun hits the forest floor          © Laurel Ramseyer Sunny understory was good beating            © Rod Crawford
light hits the forest floor, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer in blackberry by railroad tracks, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
Sunlight invades the gloom             © Rod Crawford Laurel braves the blackberry                        © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford by railroad track, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington railroad right-of-way grass, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
Rod walkin' along the railroad      © Laurel Ramseyer Unproductive grass                © Rod Crawford
red cedar foliage Thuja plicata, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington Rod Crawford sweeping grass by railroad, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington
Red cedar foliage           © Rod Crawford Rod sweeping (and getting nothing)                     © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford beating red cedar foliage, mountain above Halford, Snohomish County, Washington barely visible sunset on 6 November 2019 from Zeke's Drive In, Gold Bar-Index, Washington
Rod beating cedar, adding 1 species      © Laurel Ramseyer Just a hint of sunset at Zeke's                          © Rod Crawford

[Native Wildlife Gardening Home]     [Bug Information from The Scarabs]     [Bugs of the Month Home]

This page last updated 3 June, 2020