Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab 2006 - High Potential Week (Wildlife Biology Group)

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Need we say more? (Notice the excitement!) Monday morning Annmarie on the bus View on the drive up to Outdoor Lab We had just arrived on site and are waiting for the luggage to be unloaded. Hanging out and waiting for luggage Receiving instructions from Ms. Vickery about collecting our luggage.
Finding and collecting our luggage Luggage Collection Icebreakers on Monday morning An attempt at making our group look like a fox. Another group's fox impersonation Sitting in the Wildlife Building responding to some questions about predators Meeting a "real, live predator" We discovered that sharp teeth are characteristic of a predator. It helps them cut through and tear their prey.
Trying to eat lettuce with our front teeth which are meant for eating meat "Come just a little bit closer, who wants one of my four Tootsie rolls?" A lesson in carrying capacity of an area. An old building near the Barn Determining how many mountain lions are in an area. Working through the "How many mountain lions" dilemma Clipping grass within a known area to determine how much is in the area of interest. Making sure that all of the grass is clipped and collected Weighing the grass that was clipped and collected.
Handraising activities - Lanyard Creation Dancing the Troika - a dance with three horses More troika Steve Lee and the story of Ted Listening to the stories The area behind the Bunkhouses Improv
Ben and Greg doing some improv The story of Julie, the dirt, the lemons and her baboon The baboon Debate prep and research for the Con Wolf group Pro Lynx group in preparation Tuesday morning breakfast Corinne and Melanie at Tuesday morning breakfast Greg approaching a hummingbird at the Office
A hummingbird at the feeder with someone trying to get it to land on their finger A raven flying in the sky above Outdoor Lab Poppie completing a Point Count Survey Becca in front of the Upper Barn Melanie creating a paper flying machine Preparing to launch our paper flying machines Paper Flying Machines in action
Rearranging the materials to demonstrate a possible wing strategy Sharing ideas on wing construction Assembling the right wing Assembling the left wing Attaching the wings to our "bird" Our "bird" ready to take flight Our "bird" in flight The bird at the end
Taking a break on the hike to the Upper Meadow - site of our campout Hiking to the Upper Meadow and our campout Relaxing on a log before the Windsong presentation A great-horned owl from Windsong A red-tailed hawk from Windsong Listening to the Windsong presentation Demonstrating that owls really can't turn their heads 360 degrees The owl flapping its wings
Ben looking at an owl wing Exploring the meadow at dusk The Wildlife Group in the Upper Meadow Brian Davis - our song leader Singing around the campfire The Green Grass Grows All Around Singing "Green Grass" around the campfire
Getting ready for bed in the boy's tent Getting ready for bed in the girl's tent (a tad more crowded) Annmarie waking up in the morning Good Morning Sleepyheads! Packing up the tent Finding food, water and shelter while trying to survive predation Discussing the outcomes of the Deer game A buck deer on the hike down from our campout
Capturing member of the "Kidneus beaneus" population, a brand new ungulate species in Colorado Some of the "Kidneus beaneus" that we captured Computing the math to determine our mark-recapture results Katie working hard on her math equations Lisa teaching the Mark-Recapture lesson Mt. Susan from the Mt. Evans Wildlife Area Nick and Sheri from the Colorado Division of Wildlife
Becca hanging out at the Wildlife Area Examining a sheep radio collar Aaron wearing the radio collar meant for sheep - we'll be able to track him anywhere A recently burnt meadow at the Mt. Evans Wildlife Area Getting the Radio Transceiver ready to go. Reflecting on the positive effects of fire on wildlife Adjusting the receiver for the chosen collars An unburned area of grass - burning gets rid of all the built up, dead grass
Trying to pick up and follow a signal from a radio collar Listening and trying to determine which way the signal is coming from Becca and Lacey at the Black and White dinner Ben and Greg at the Black and White dinner Becky and Annmarie at the Black and White dinner Becca and Katie at the Black and White dinner Danielle, Melanie and McKayla at the Black and White dinner
Bryn at the Black and White dinner Justin at the Black and White dinner Erin and Beth at the Black and White dinner Poppie at the Black and White dinner Corinne at the Black and White dinner Julia at the Black and White dinner Lauren at the Black and White dinner Tierney (SAR leader) and Andrew
Aaron Shawna Jordan at the Black and White dinner Marian at the Black and White dinner The Wildlife Biology group all dressed up The leaders Bunkhouse time for the girls The Lynx debate
Lacey presenting the con lynx side of the debate The pro side in discussion The Wolf Debate The pro side discussing Bryn presenting the pro side Two Bull Elk along the road by the pond Four Bull Elk! They munched in the meadow below us the entire time we were fishing. Getting ready to fish at Jackson Pond
Aaron preparing the poles with flies A caught fish (released soon thereafter) Greg providing Lauren with some fishing tips Erin with the fish she caught prior to releasing it in the water Poppie sketching and reflecting at the pond Becca fishing Fish rising to the surface of the pond Nick Gallowich telling us a little about fish management and electroshocking
Putting on waders Becca looking a little angry Ready to help with the electroshocking Electroshocking the stream Looking for fish in an under-cut bank Lisa bringing up the rear of the electroshocking One of the brook trout that we shocked Upper Bear Creek
Eating a sack lunch by the stream Exploring the stream with some waders Exploring the stream in bare feet (brrr!) More exploring We were just worried Aaron wouldn't fall into the water Separating individual fish scales from the fishes body Looking at the rings on a fish scale to determine the age of the fish.
Extreme Friendship Bracelets during Handraising Y -M-C-A at the luau Crazy Andrew dancing up a storm Lauren and Corinne dancing Justin, Ben and Jordan doing the Electric Slide Annmarie eating dinner
Annmarie, Poppie and Danielle doing the Macarena Becca, Becky, Beth and Katie dancing Twisting! Sunset on Thursday evening Working on final posters View from the Upper Barn towards the Wildlife Building, Dining Hall and Bunkhouses Working on final posters
Justin working on his fire poster Three bull elk below the barn on Friday morning A red fox who was sitting on the Wildlife porch on Friday morning when we arrived Astronomy presentations Search and Rescue presentations Danielle playing Wildlife Jeopardy with a visitor from Earth Science The Wildlife group watching the picture slide show The Wildlife group (with some wildlife) on Friday morning
A silly group photo The Creative Dramatics presentation

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