Album of McLellan Conservation Area Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from a 7 October 2013 spider collecting trip to the McLellan Conservation Area (a Spokane County owned 410-acre habitat preserve), on the south shore of Long Lake (formerly the Spokane River), Spokane County, Washington. Even though we had only a few hours here during which a series of brief but drenching rain showers passed over us, the riparian habitats were so good that we got 36 species, including some seldom-seen ones. See Laurel's version of the site here.
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aerial view, 2012, of McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington young pine forest with no understory, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Sites and trail from the air      (Spokane County, 2012) "Dog hair" pine forest had almost no accessible spider habitat        © Laurel Ramseyer
Laurel Ramseyer entering McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington narrow riparian zone along Long Lake, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Laurel enters the preserve              © Rod Crawford Narrow riparian zone along the reservoir          © Laurel Ramseyer
alder woodland in narrow riparian zone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington marsh habitat in narrow riparian zone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Some alder grew on shore of the reservoir  © Rod Crawford Marshy habitat just beyond the alder          © Rod Crawford
alder leaves with litter below, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington edge of riparian zone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Alder leaves with leaf litter below      © Rod Crawford Sharp edge of the riparian zone     © Laurel Ramseyer
ponderosa pine cone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer sampling pine cones, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Pine cone embedded in needles      © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel surveys a pine cone spider sample         © Rod Crawford
spider web in pine cone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington juvenile harvestman Togwoteeus biceps from pine cone, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Spider web in pine cone        © Laurel Ramseyer Togwoteeus biceps inhabited many pine cones           © Rod Crawford
rain cloud coming, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington rain shower, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Oh dear, look what's coming            © Rod Crawford Rain shower drenches our site as I peer out between leaves    © Rod Crawford
woolly bear caterpillar Pyrrharctia isabella, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington Rod Crawford shelters under alders from rain, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Pyrrharctia isabella            © Rod Crawford Rod, hatless, shelters from the rain under alders         © Laurel Ramseyer
sun on the forest, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington sun on the water, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Sun returns to the forest          © Rod Crawford Sun returns to the water               © Rod Crawford
sifter with alder-pine litter, rainbow on 7 October 2013, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Rod sifted alder-pine litter          © Rod Crawford A rainbow — then another deluge!              © Laurel Ramseyer
sifting cloth with pine litter, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington jumping spider Phanias watonus, male, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Laurel sifted pine-pine litter          © Laurel Ramseyer Male Phanias watonus              © Rod Crawford
fall colors on poison ivy Rhus radicans, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington poison ivy Rhus radicans, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Uh-oh…       © Rod Crawford …poison ivy bars further progress               © Rod Crawford
rain cloud heralds wet evening, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington dusk, McLellan Conservation Area, Spokane County, Washington
Rain cloud warns of a wet night       © Rod Crawford Dusk settles on the preserve parking lot              © Rod Crawford

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