Selected photos (by Rod Crawford) from the 12 June 2011 spider collecting trip (with Jerry, Liam and Ron Austin) to the SE slope of Jackman Ridge on the north side of the Skagit River valley. A "backup plan" goal when our first destination didn't pan out, the montane forest site (3050' elevation) had a fair but rather undiverse spider fauna, and our united efforts produced 18 species. A secondary site on the Skagit River directly below (220' elevation) added 11 species for a total of 28, making 30 with old records. A pleasant if unexciting day ended at Cascade Burgers in Concrete. Ron Austin promised stills for this page from the digital videos he was making, but they haven't materialized.

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Aerial view of site from May 2009 shows belts of cottonwood (still leafless then) in conifer forest (Skagit County)	Typical mid-elevation western hemlock forest         © Rod Crawford
Miniature waterfall           © Rod Crawford	Creek full of late snow-melt              © Rod Crawford
Leaf litter was fairly productive       © Rod Crawford	Sifter and cloth ready to go                © Rod Crawford
Cottonwood just coming into leaf     © Rod Crawford	Forest floor upslope from cottonwoods              © Rod Crawford
Liam, Ron and Jerry Austin         © Rod Crawford	One Austin contemplative, the other active          © Rod Crawford
Hemlock foliage produced most species   © Rod Crawford	Yellow violets were common                © Rod Crawford
Trilliums were also numerous          © Rod Crawford	All trilliums were white, meaning recent bloom            © Rod Crawford

To supplement the high forest collection, we stopped for a while below on the banks of the Skagit River.

The understory and verge were lush    © Rod Crawford	The river very full, right up to the forest edge                   © Rod Crawford
Nice thick moss on the maples     © Rod Crawford	Cascade Burgers in Concrete, pleasantly retro     © Rod Crawford

This page last updated 29 March, 2012