Album of Kingston Sites Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 8 January 2015 bus/ferry trip to Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington. Lacking any available drivers, I just had to make use of that rarity, a nice day in January, so I headed for the last unsampled quarter of the Kingston area. Three sites with varying habitats and a couple of mid-day hours when it was warm enough to sift litter gave me 27 spider species, including a couple of beach-dwelling rarities.
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2012 aerial view of Mike Wallace Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington Kingston Marina from Mike Wallace Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Not much to Mike Wallace Park         (Kitsap County, 2012) Park's best feature is its view of the marina                © Rod Crawford
Zygiella orbweaver from eaves of restroom, Mike Wallace Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington only spider habitats in Mike Wallace Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Zygiella from eaves of restroom         © Rod Crawford The little park offered few habitats                 © Rod Crawford
2012 aerial view of Saltair Beach Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington path from ferry dock to Saltair Beach Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Saltair Beach Park from the air        (Kitsap County, 2012) Path down to the public beach          © Rod Crawford
grass in beach meadow zone, Saltair Beach Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington Beach and bluff, Saltair Beach Park, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Upper beach grass produced 1 species        © Rod Crawford Beach and bluff would produce more when warmer        © Rod Crawford

Below: I completed my sample in an anonymous open-space woodland, 2 miles' walk south.

2012 aerial view of forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington sifting cloth on platform of ferns, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Maple grove among conifers on right  (Kitsap County, 2012) I sifted on a shaky platform of ferns        © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple litter, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington maple trunks in clearing among conifers, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Maple litter            © Rod Crawford Maple grove looks like a clearing when leafless          © Rod Crawford
mossy maple trunks, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington sword fern Polystichum munitum understory, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Mossy maple trunks            © Rod Crawford Fern-dominated understory           © Rod Crawford
fern, cedar and moss habitats, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington red cedar Thuja plicata encroaching on maple grove, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Array of habitats              © Rod Crawford Red cedar foliage added species to the sample          © Rod Crawford
moss and mushrooms on stump, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington juvenile cobweb weaver Theridion californicum, Theridiidae, forest tract on Jefferson Point Road, Kingston, Kitsap County, Washington
Moss & mushrooms on a stump            © Rod Crawford Colorful Theridion californicum          © Rod Crawford
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