Album of Padilla Bay Field Trip

Selected photos by Rod Crawford and Laurel Ramseyer from our 2 February 2016 spider collecting trip (with Ben Diehl) to the Padilla Bay Shore Trail and nearby Bay View Cemetery. Both habitats were low-productivity and high in introduced species; we successfully got a sample but not a spectacular one (27 species). However, we enjoyed ourselves and got in some good hiking on the shore trail. Don't miss Laurel's account here also!

The first 20 photos below are from the Padilla Bay Shore Trail site.
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Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington, 2015 aerial view Dawn behind Mount Rainier, seen from Rod Crawford's apartment on 2 February 2016
Beginning of shore trail         (Skagit County, 2015) Once again Rod arose to witness the crack of dawn           © Rod Crawford
penultimate male linyphiid spider Neriene digna, Padilla Bay Shore Trail parking lot, Skagit County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer collecting spiders from building, Padilla Bay Shore Trail parking lot, Skagit County, Washington
Penultimate Neriene digna on wall     © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel collecting from peeling paint flakes             © Rod Crawford
trailhead park, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington marsh at trailhead, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Table to sift on, but little to sift           © Rod Crawford Sweepable field? No such luck, standing water all over           © Rod Crawford
trailhead, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington small cove at north trailhead, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Trailhead             © Rod Crawford Small cove by trailhead             © Laurel Ramseyer
juvenile linyphiid spider under stone at trailhead, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington rocks on dike-shore, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Juvenile linyphiid spider under a stone    © Laurel Ramseyer Rocks and riprap on the salt-water side of dike            © Laurel Ramseyer
jumping spider Phidippus sp. under rock at trailhead, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Phidippus sp., alas unidentifiable      © Laurel Ramseyer The trail begins                 © Laurel Ramseyer
jumping spider Salticus scenicus from under trailhead rock, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Salticus scenicus from under beach rock  © Laurel Ramseyer Farther along the trail              © Rod Crawford
invasive blackberry, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington diked farmland adjacent to Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Horrible invasive blackberry was common    © Rod Crawford Diked farmland just inland from the trail            © Rod Crawford
shrubby alder(?) tree along the Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington male linyphiid spider Erigone aletris swept from grass along Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
Did marine climate form this shrubby tree?   © Rod Crawford Laurel swept the only adult Erigone aletris        © Rod Crawford
sign for No Name Slough, Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington No Name Slough at the Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington
We'd never have known this name but for the sign   © Rod Crawford Dike-side pumping station helps keep the land farmable          © Rod Crawford

After giving up on the Shore Trail (only 11 species), we hit nearby Bay View Cemetery hoping for better spiders.

2015 aerial view of Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington woods-lined road to Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Bay View Cemetery from the air    (Skagit County, 2015) Woods habitat lines the cemetery road              © Rod Crawford
leafless bigleaf maple tree, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington maple trunks and litter, road to Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Leafless maples              © Rod Crawford Maple trunks with moss & litter layer             © Rod Crawford
bigleaf maple litter, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington Rod Crawford sifting litter, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Maple litter in situ       © Rod Crawford Rod endures discomfort to sift the litter           © Laurel Ramseyer
female telemid spider Usofila pacifica from maple litter, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington view of Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington from near entrance
Usofila pacifica from the maple litter       © Rod Crawford View of cemetery from entrance             © Laurel Ramseyer
Douglas-fir foliage, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington chips and bark by a woodpile, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Fir foliage uncharacteristically spider-poor    © Rod Crawford Chips and bark produced a few spiders            © Laurel Ramseyer
Lummi Mountain viewed from Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington farm field next to Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Lummi Mountain across fields & water   © Laurel Ramseyer Pasture northwest of the cemetery              © Laurel Ramseyer
lichen on tombstone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington moss garden on a tombstone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Lichen garden on a tombstone       © Laurel Ramseyer Lush moss garden on a tombstone            © Laurel Ramseyer
fly on a Douglas-fir cone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington deposit of Douglas-fir cones, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Fly on a Douglas-fir cone           © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel tapped 50 fir cones and got some spiders           © Laurel Ramseyer
march fly Bibionidae on a tombstone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington Theridiidae spider cobweb on a tombstone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
March fly on a tombstone        © Laurel Ramseyer Theridiid web in tombstone's groove             © Laurel Ramseyer
Philodromus rufus crab spider in ballooning position on a tombstone, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington 2 tombstone spiders, Tachygyna ursina & Philodromus rufus, Bay View Cemetery, Skagit County, Washington
Philodromus rufus tries to balloon        © Laurel Ramseyer David (Tachygyna ursina) and Goliath Philodromus          © Laurel Ramseyer
snow on Cascade foothills seen from Hwy. 20-west of I-5, 2 Feb. 2016 sunset from north trailhead of Padilla Bay Shore Trail, Skagit County, Washington on 2 Feb. 2016
Snow on the foothills, a welcome sight   © Laurel Ramseyer Sunset from the Shore Trail trailhead             © Rod Crawford
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