Album of Mount Zion Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 27 July 2016 spider collecting trip to Mount Zion, NE Olympic Mountains, Clallam County, Washington. A very enjoyable hike, mostly through productive forest, brought us to the summit (1340 feet gain) and a long side trip to a viewpoint. Good collecting luck brought us 38 species, great exercise and a nice feeling of accomplishment.
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2011 aerial photo of Mount Zion and trail, Clallam County, Washington fog at Kingston Ferry Terminal, Kitsap County, Washington on 27 July 2016
T: trailhead, Z: summit, V: viewpoint     (Clallam Co., 2011) Summer fog at Kingston          © Rod Crawford
trailhad for Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington trailhead habitats, trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
The trailhead              © Rod Crawford Field, conifer and outhouse habitats              © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford on trial to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington trail in ddep forest, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Rod heads up the trail        © Laurel Ramseyer Trail through the deep woods         © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford collecting a spider from trailside stump, trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington Tyler Peak see from partway up Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Rod collects a spider from a trailside stump    © Laurel Ramseyer View of Tyler Peak from halfway up the trail             © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer on trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington odd fungus beside trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Laurel continues up the trail      © Rod Crawford Odd fungus beside the trail                  © Laurel Ramseyer
web of Neriene radiata spider in trailside shrub, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington spider Dirksia cinctipes from trailside shrubs, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Trailside Neriene radiata web          © Laurel Ramseyer Dirksia cinctipes from trailside shrubs                     © Rod Crawford
trailside Rhododendron, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington trailside salal and other shrubs, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Much Rhododendron, none in bloom      © Rod Crawford Dense, productive trailside shrubs           © Rod Crawford
fir foliage habitat on summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Rich fir foliage at summit         © Rod Crawford The summit: small rocky knob in the forest         © Rod Crawford
understory on summit ridge, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington view from summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Summit ridge understory           © Rod Crawford View (such as it is) from the summit         © Rod Crawford
hemlock needle litter, near summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington sifting conifer needle litter, summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Hemlock needle litter at base of tree        © Rod Crawford Sifting needle litter got 2 good species              © Rod Crawford
squirrel on trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington old privy near summit of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
I thought talkative squirrel was Laurel on the phone! © Laurel Ramseyer Old privy on summit ridge was spider-rich              © Rod Crawford
trunk of white pine tree, summit ridge of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer's patteran of pine cones, summit ridge of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Meanwhile, Laurel found a white pine tree…   © Laurel Ramseyer …and marked it with a patteran of pine cones              © Rod Crawford
cliff at viewpoint, summit ridge of Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington Mt. Townsend from rocky viewpoint on Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Geronimo!            © Laurel Ramseyer Mt. Townsend viewed from rocky viewpoint               © Laurel Ramseyer
Zygiella dispar at trailhead, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington male jumping spider Habronattus oregonensis at rocky viewpoint, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Zygiella dispar at trailhead           © Laurel Ramseyer Male Habronattus oregonensis with Popeye-like forelegs     © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford tapping spiders from dead wood, Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington dead wood and bark habitat, trail to Mount Zion, Clallam County, Washington
Rod tapping spiders from dead wood     © Laurel Ramseyer I searched high and low for good dead-wood habitat             © Rod Crawford
Hood Canal Floating Bridge near sunset, 27 July 2016 dusk at Kingston, Washington ferry dock, 27 July 2016
Evening crossing of Hood Canal       © Rod Crawford We pull away from the ferry dock at dusk               © Rod Crawford

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