Album of Lake Creek/Mt. Cavanaugh Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 30 May 2021 spider collecting trip to Lake Creek (just before it flows into Pilchuck Creek) and the slope of Mt. Cavanaugh, southern Skagit County, Washington. A trip plan of long standing, it still worked and the working forest owned by Longview Timber was fully accessible (on foot). Between sweeping in a recent clearcut, sifting moss and litter at 3 different sites, understory and conifer beating, active runners and a handy pile of rocks, we managed a fine sample of 46-49 species!
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aerial photo, circa 2018, of field trip area west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington Lo ngview Timber gated bridge over Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Main sites and clearcut transect in red     (Skagit Co., 2018) Longview Timber's gated bridge over Lake Creek             © Laurel Ramseyer
Rod Crawford on road south of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer in side road S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Here we go!                © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel on the side road between clearcuts          © Rod Crawford
meadow habitat in clearcut S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington grassy clearcut S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Meadowlike clearcut habitat          © Rod Crawford Grassy clearcut from east end                    © Laurel Ramseyer
Bald Mountain from clearcut S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington middle of clearcut south of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Bald Mountain, a rocky inselberg         © Rod Crawford West end of clearcut                             © Rod Crawford
Laurel sifting litter in the alder forest S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington mini-creek with mossy tree, S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Laurel sifting in the alder forest            © Rod Crawford Tiny uncharted creek with mossy alder                    © Laurel Ramseyer
alder litter S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington western redbacked salamander S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Alder litter about to be sifted              © Laurel Ramseyer Western redbacked salamander                     © Laurel Ramseyer
western hemlock foliage, S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington western hemlock tree, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Western hemlock foliage          © Laurel Ramseyer Hemlock tree ready for beating                        © Laurel Ramseyer
salmonberry, S of Lake Creek, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington road through alder stand, slope of Mt Cavanaugh west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Filtered sunlight on salmonberry       © Laurel Ramseyer Road passes through a pure alder stand                   © Rod Crawford
maple leaf litter, slope of Mt Cavanaugh, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington bigleaf maple stand, slope of Mt Cavanaugh, west of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Maple litter              © Rod Crawford Only stand of bigleaf maple on our route           © Rod Crawford
lycid beetle Dictyopterus hamatus, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington ferns and understory on road bank, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Lycid beetle Dictyoptera simplicipes    © Laurel Ramseyer Ferns & thimbleberry on road bank                      © Rod Crawford
spider Clubiona pacifica in under-rock retreat, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington western toad on roadside rockpile, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Clubiona pacifica with under-rock retreat © Laurel Ramseyer Western toad on roadside rockpile            © Laurel Ramseyer
theridiid spider Crustulina sticta under rock with egg sac, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington male spider Cryphoeca exlineae under rock, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Theridiid Crustulina sticta with lavender egg sac   © Laurel Ramseyer Male Cryphoeca exlineae under rock              © Laurel Ramseyer
Crabronid wasp, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington linyphiid spider Porrhomma convexum under rock, flank of Mt. Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Crabronid wasp              © Laurel Ramseyer Porrhomma convexum from under rock                 © Rod Crawford
alder trees by Lake Creek bridge, W of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington Lake Creek bridge, W of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington
Alders by Lake Creek bridge          © Laurel Ramseyer Lake Creek from bridge                            © Rod Crawford
mossy trunk by Lake Creek bridge, W of Lake Cavanaugh, Skagit County, Washington small marsy along Pilchuck Creek near confluence of Lake Creek, Skagit County, Washington
Mossy trunk by Lake Creek bridge      © Laurel Ramseyer Marsh on Pilchuck Creek                       © Rod Crawford
flower and leaves of Rubus parviflorus, flank of Mount Cavanaugh, southern Skagit County, Washington Pilchuck Creek near confluence of Lake Creek, Skagit County, Washington
Rubus parviflorus            © Rod Crawford Pilchuck Creek from Lake Cavanaugh Road                      © Rod Crawford

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