Album of Morse Creek Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 21 May 2022 spider collecting trip to sites on the Olympic Discovery Trail and Morse Creek, east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington. The nice rail-trail gave us access to an incredibly green and lush creekside, a long forest corridor, and a not-very-spoiled beach along the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Several of the spider habitats were good, and we ended the day with 36 species, making 38 with prior records.
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2019 aerial photo of spider collecting sites, Morse Creek E of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington crossing Puget Sound on Kingston ferry, 21 May 2022
Our sites shown in red      (Clallam County, 2019) Good ship Puyallup carries us across the Sound                 © Laurel Ramseyer
trailhead, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington side trail to Morse Creek, E of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Strait View Trailhead          © Laurel Ramseyer Informal side trail down to creek                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford on trestle over Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington cottonwood canopy, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Rod crossing creek on high trestle      © Laurel Ramseyer Cottonwood canopy                    © Laurel Ramseyer
maple leaf litter, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington cottonwood leaf litter, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Maple litter thick on the ground      © Rod Crawford Cottonwood litter likewise thick on the ground                © Rod Crawford
moss on tree trunk, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Spider-bearing trunk moss            © Laurel Ramseyer Morse Creek                       © Laurel Ramseyer
sword fern Polystichum munitum, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Both sexes spider Ethobuella tuonops from Deer Creek Road, Cultus Mountains, Skagit County, Washington
Fern understory with its usual spiders       © Rod Crawford Female and male Ethobuella tuonops                    © Laurel Ramseyer
green forest, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Rod Crawford entering green forest, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
The forest was intensely green         © Rod Crawford Rod moving into the green world                        © Laurel Ramseyer
on the main Olympic Discovery Trail, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington sea wrack on the beach, W of Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Walking along the main trail        © Rod Crawford Sea wrack on the beach beside the trail                      © Laurel Ramseyer
lower part of beach meadow, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington looking up beach meadow, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Zone of beach grass above beach         © Rod Crawford Looking up over the beach meadow to littoral forest      © Rod Crawford
Laurel Ramseyer on the beach, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington rocky zone of beach, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Laurel on the beach             © Rod Crawford Rocky zone of the beach                      © Rod Crawford
upper coast meadow edge, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington meadow above trail, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Upper edge of beach meadow zone         © Rod Crawford Pocket of beach meadow above trail                  © Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford sweeping beach meaodw, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington beach west of mouth of Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Rod sweeping the beach meadow     © Laurel Ramseyer A bit of surf starts on the beach when day gets windy         © Rod Crawford
web/tube of Segestria pacifica spider, trailhead cabin, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington trailhead cabin, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Tube/web of Segestria pacifica       © Laurel Ramseyer Log cabin by the trailhead                  © Laurel Ramseyer
web/tube of spider Segestria pacifica, trailhead cabin, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington Segestria pacifica spider, trailhead cabin, Morse Creek east of Port Angeles, Clallam County, Washington
Tube/web of Segestria pacifica      © Laurel Ramseyer Segestria pacifica, spider that makes tubes                  © Laurel Ramseyer

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