Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab 2007 - High Potential Week (Wildlife Biology Group)

Welcome to the photo gallery of the Wildlife Biology group from High Potential Week of 2006. These are pictures that were taken by the students and leaders throughout the week. To view an image, just click on its thumbnail below, or simply click "View as a slideshow" to advance through them all automatically.

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Monday Morning at the Jeffco StadiumMeeting each other for the first timeCreating trivia questions about our four animal groupsHanging out waiting to load the busLoading the busThe back of the busThe front of the busWelcome to Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab!
Walking to the amphitheater after unloading the busWaiting for orientation to begin in the AmphitheaterThe beginning of our first core class in the Wildlife BuildingMatt the Moose, Amber the Ape, Megan the Mountain Lion, Kayla the Kangaroo....The animal name gameKayla providing instructions for our icebreakersListening to Kayla's instructionsNever have I ever....
Getting close for "Sit on my Knees Please""Sit on my Knees Please"The Human KnotUnknotting ourselvesA bull elk in the Wildlife BuildingHopper Duty at Monday LunchMcKinley, our real live predatorFinding the predators among a variety of animals
Eating meat with our back grinding teeth doesn't work!A red fox stalking prey - caught on film by Sandy StevensPrey in mouthBurying the prey in its cache for later consumptionClipping the grass within the hula hoop to help determine how many mule deer and mountain lions live in the Evergreen area.Monday afternoon flag ceremony Reading patriotic quotes while taking down the flags.
A cottontail rabbitAn introduction to Improv on Monday nightDakota, Brian, Matt and Brett on a morning hike with AaronKayla, Aaron and AndrewListening to bird songs and writing notes on what they sound like.A mule deer leg found during the Point Count SurveyLooking at birds and recording them during a Point Count SurveyMegan looking at a bird
Recording the data from the Point Count Survey Finding the correct food for a specific type of bird beakEating a fish with a slotted spoon - the best tool for the job.Determining whether a straw, bottle opener or nut cracker could best be used to eat a mouse.Walking up to the Dining Hall for lunchView from the Dining HallNehemiah enjoying some bunk house time
Amber relaxing by reading her book"Hanging out" during bunkhouse timeCaitie, Allison and Kylie in the bunkhouseView from the barnA Richardson's Ground Squirrel near the barnThe boys near the covered wagonPaper airplanes in flightMatt getting ready to throw his airplane
Aaron "demonstrating" how he prefers to use the hair dryerSarah helping with a demonstration of Bernoulli's PrincipleBuilding the tail for our birdAssembling one of the wingsThe finished framework for one of the wingsAffixing the left wing to our birdPutting the finishing touches on the right wingOur bird ready to take flight
The bird taking off for flightAndrew Black - Human BirdAndrew Black - Human Bird (part 2)Our bird, having survived at least two seconds of flight!The group ready to hike to the Upper Meadow for our campout.Hiking to the Upper MeadowA Great-Horned OwlThe owl and a Red-Tailed Hawk handled by Pam and Laura
The Red-Tailed HawkSinging around the campfireCampfire Songs - There's a Hole In My BucketBrian helping us out with the entertainmentSinging alongSinging around the flashlight campfireDakota and Matt singing Barbie Girl
Jamba-San, Jamba- San, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe.......Walking up in the tent on Wednesday morningSarah survived her first campout ever!Starting to get up and get packedThe girls tentThe boys coming down the meadow from their tentLisa and Aaron giving the complex instructions for "Much Better than Oh Deer"Andrew distributing food and water cards throughout the meadow
Lisa demonstrating mating season with BrettKayla and Brett trying to avoid Allison the Mountain LionThe Outhouse in the Upper MeadowLisa demonstrating how a mule deer uses its ears to detect predatorsThe game in action Hiking down from the Upper MeadowMt. Epaulet - the boys bunkhouse
Quietly approaching "Kidneaus beaneus" on the trail"Kidneus beaneus" foraging amongst the rocksMarking "Kidneus beaneus" as part of the Mark-Recapture technique of estimating population size.Drawing the various stage of succession that occured in Tree Tops ValleyAaron Lindstrom, Nick Gallowich and Todd Schmidt from the Colorado Division of WildlifeAaron and Nick demonstrating how the Radio Telemetry equipment is used.Evidence of a prescribed fire that occured in the meadow in February 2006An elk track on the trail
A lodgepole pine stand with virtually no forage on the ground.The vertebrae of an elk found in the treesThe meadow at Mt. Evans State Wildlife Area with Mt. Evans in the backgroundMt. Goliath (right) and another sub-mountain (left) of Mt. Evans (off-screen to left)A Richardson's Ground Squirrel that refused to go into its hole.Kayla and AndrewAllison trying to locate the radio collar.
Getting closer to the radio collar A radio collar used with Pronghorn AntelopeAndrew and Kayla Sarah and Megan playing volleyball during Handraising
Brett getting ready to pass the frisbee during a game of Ultimate played during HandraisingLindsey playing Four Square during HandraisingKylie passing the ballLindsey and Amber during dinner before the LuauMegan interviewing Sarah about our day's activities during Wednesday night dinner.Dancing during the Luau The boys danced hard throughout the entire Luau
Kayla and Dallas (a leader for SAR) dancing to Barbie Girl A hummingbird approaching one of the feeders on the deck of the Dining HallTwo hummingbirds at the feeders "Raise your hands up and Shout!"
Kayla and Andrew groovingBrian preparing for the debateThe girls in front of Mt. Susan, their bunkhouseRecapturing some of Kidneus beaneusThe group with Kidneus beaneus in handCheers!
Receiving some last minute instructions for the debate.Caitie presenting her portion of the debateMeganConferring with members of the Pro Lynx side as they develop questions for their opponents.The Con-Wolf group conferringAllisonPaulBrian presenting statistics on the elk population in Yellowstone, which have decreased to 1/3 their size since the introduction of wolves.
Jackson Pond bathed in early morning lightAaron showing the different types of flies strung to the polesOur first catch of the day - caught by Matt on his second cast.Fishing off of the dock Nathan using a fly rodDakota trying out the waders at the edge of the pondCaitie casting the rod out
Dakot, Amber and Madelyn with waders onCaitie's fish she caughtSarah and Amber with wadersLisa and Kylie eating breakfastPaul Winkle with the Colorado Division of WildlifeMatt holding one of the nets to be used with ElectrofishingAaron adjusting the current on the backpack shockerTransferring one of the fish to the bucket
Paul electroshocking - the rod at the front is the positive current, the wire at the back is the negative current.Transferring another fish to the bucketPaul discussing the data we will collect from the caught fish and how it's used in managing populationsOne of the Brook Trout caught during ElectrofishingA small brook trout being weighedCompleting the River Scavenger Hunt - a search for positive and negative stream characteristicsMadelyn looking for nymphs on the underside of rocks in the streamMadelyn, Matt, Amber, Brett and Ali hanging out by the river during the Scavenger Hunt
Playing in a shallow area of the stream after lunchSplashing aroundKylie and SarahLisa demonstrating how to use the dissecting kitsBrett collecting scales from a piece of Sockeye SalmonBrian, Lindsey and Amber collecting and mounting salmon scalesCaitie mounting the scales on a slideMadelyn with a finished slide
Sarah looking at the scale underneath a microscope to determine the age of the salmon.Nathan, Paul, Kylie, Caities and Megan looking at the scalesA magnified Fish Scale projected onto the boardMiss Manners discussing appropriate behaviour for our Black and White dinnerKayla and Andrew arriving for dinnerNehemiah, Ali and Madelyn waiting to be seatedMatt escorting Megan and Lindsey to their seatsMegan, Matt and Lindsey enjoying dinner
Dakota, Amber, Andrew and MeganNathan, Brian, Rhett and KylieCaitie, Allison, Sarah and MadelynMadelyn, Kayla and Brett with their server "Enrique"Nehemiah and Ali The entire group after dinnerRhett
MattMadelyn's finished posterMegan's finished posterLindsey's finished posterDakota with his poster on Healthy Fish HabitatBrett with his poster on ElectrofishingAli and her posterA Golden Eagle in the Wildlife Building
The Amphitheater from the porch of the Wildlife BuildingA lynx in the Wildlife BuildingThe green shirtsAaron, Lisa, Kayla and Andrew with Mt. Evans in the backgroundThe Creative Dramatics presentationThe entire Creative Dramatics group singing their final songView up the road towards the Dining HallBrett demonstrating how Bernoulli's principle works
Amber explaining how to tell the age of a fish using a scaleParents learning from the kidsCaitie standing near her poster on Carrying CapacityBrett explaining how Electrofishing works and is used by Wildlife ManagersNehemiah presenting

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