Album of Tenas Creek Bridge Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford from my 22 September 2020 spider collecting trip with Jerry Austin to Tenas Creek, west slope of the Skagit County Cascades. A year after Forest Road 2660 was finally repaired after a long-lasting washout, it still isn't seeing much traffic and we had this very nice riparian forest tract almost to ourselves. Unfortunately the vegetation was wet, time somewhat short, and some opportunities missed, but we still saw plenty of good spiders.
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Aerial photo of Tenas Creek Bridge site, Skagit County, Washington Tenas Creek at spider field site, Skagit County, Washington
Red dot beside bridge              (Skagit County, 2015) Creek flows by our parking place                   © Rod Crawford
Jerry Austin prepares for spider hunting, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington diverse roadside flora, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Jerry prepares for spider-hunting           © Rod Crawford Diverse roadside flora                       © Rod Crawford
roadside grass and shrubs, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington rocky trickle stream above road, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Wet grass not swept             © Rod Crawford A trickle stream supports different plants             © Rod Crawford
rocky terrain, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington alder trunk moss & western hemlock foliage, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Rocks ready to look under              © Rod Crawford Key habitats: alder trunk moss, western hemlock foliage         © Rod Crawford
bridge railing, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington beautiful scene where forest road crosses creek, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Bridge-railing spider habitat            © Rod Crawford Tenas Creek Bridge in a beautiful setting                 © Rod Crawford
upstream view from Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington downstream view from Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Upstream view from bridge             © Rod Crawford Downstream view from bridge                        © Rod Crawford
riparian alder grove, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington sun on hillside, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Riparian alder grove              © Rod Crawford Sun shines on mountainside                      © Rod Crawford
salmonberry Rubus spectabilis in sun, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington thimbleberry Rubus parviflorus in sun, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Salmonberry drying in sun            © Rod Crawford Thimbleberry drying in sun                          © Rod Crawford
roadside grassy verge, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington dead wood in closed canopy forest, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
I shoulda swept this with already-wet net          © Rod Crawford I did try collecting from dead wood but got nothing             © Rod Crawford
solitary cottonwood tree Populus trichocarpa, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington mossy tree, Tenas Creek bridge, Skagit County, Washington
Solitary cottonwood dropped different leaf litter     © Rod Crawford Magnificently mossy tree                            © Rod Crawford

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