Album of Lookout Mountain Field Trip

Selected photos from the spider collecting field trip to Lookout Mountain NE of Mount Baker, Whatcom County, Washington, on 14 August 2008, with Laurel Ramseyer and Rod Crawford. Photos by both, as credited. Mid-August spider collecting is usually unproductive, but we had the amazing luck to gather 35 species (including several unusual ones) by dividing the day among areas at low (Glacier Ranger Station), mid (a saddle on Lookout Mountain) and high (the south summit of the mountain) elevations. A good deal of the mountain has been clearcut but some fine meadows and even a little patch of old growth were left intact.
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view of Mt. Baker, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington (Laurel Ramseyer in distance)
Mount Baker from saddle    © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel looks tiny across the summit meadow     © Rod Crawford
agelenid funnel weaver spider Novalena intermedia, Glacier Ranger Station, Whatcom County, Washington roadside verge habitat at Glacier Ranger Station, Whatcom County, Washington
Novalena intermedia on ranger station
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Lush roadside by ranger station     © Laurel Ramseyer
cross orbweaver spiders (male, female) Araneus diadematus at Glacier Ranger Station, Whatcom County, Washington mountain hemlock Tsuga mertensiana, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington
Araneus diadematus pair under ranger station eaves   
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Mountain hemlock foliage at saddle     © Laurel Ramseyer
1994 aerial photo showing forest, meadow and clearcut, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington meadow and clearcut, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington
Old growth patch, natural meadow and early 1990s clearcuts in saddle from the air (USGS, 1994) Saddle meadow; regrowing clearcut in background    © Laurel Ramseyer
small patch of old growth fir forest, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington small sedge marsh in mountain meadow, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington
Edge of old growth patch    © Rod Crawford Marshy spot in saddle meadow     © Laurel Ramseyer
Mountain heather Phyllodoce empetriformis, summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington western swamp laurel Kalmia occidentalis, Lookout Mountain saddle, Whatcom County, Washington
Mountain heather, common in meadows  © Rod Crawford Laurel likes to photograph bog laurel     © Laurel Ramseyer
aerial photo, summit ridge of Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington, 1994 Rod Crawford climbing Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington
Clearcut comes right up to summit ridge, but leaves natural meadow on north slope (USGS, 1994) Rod getting left behind on the trail     © Laurel Ramseyer
hover fly, Syrphidae, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington Laurel Ramseyer atop Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington
Syrphid fly along summit trail   © Laurel Ramseyer Laurel gets to play Queen of the Mountain     © Rod Crawford
Parnassius smintheus, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington
Parnassius smintheus along summit trail   
© Laurel Ramseyer		 Looking down summit meadow     © Rod Crawford
dead wood, summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington
Dead wood habitat    © Laurel Ramseyer Top of summit meadow     © Laurel Ramseyer
Pacific silver fir Abies amabilis foliage, Lookout Mountain summit, Whatcom County, Washington Mount Baker, Whatcom County, Washington, Roosevelt and Coleman glaciers seen from NW
True fir foliage    © Rod Crawford Roosevelt & Coleman Glaciers, Mt. Baker     © Rod Crawford
Veratrum and Carex, summit meadow, Lookout Mountain, Whatcom County, Washington sunset in Sedro Woolley, WA, 14 August 2008
Sedge and Veratrum in meadow     © Rod Crawford Sunset in Sedro Woolley         © Rod Crawford

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