Mount Evans Outdoor Lab - Wildlife Biology - GT Week - June 9-13,2008
6-9-2008 8:12 am
Laura fills out her trivia questions
6-9-2008 8:12 am
Students drop off their luggage
6-9-2008 8:13 am
Carly uses her mom's back to write trivia questions
6-9-2008 8:15 am
Lisa waiting to greet students
6-9-2008 8:17 am
Erin with her mom
6-9-2008 8:25 am
The whole group waits
6-9-2008 8:36 am
Wildlife and Astronomy on the bus
6-9-2008 10:04 am
Ms. Sandy Stevens, the principal of Outdoor Lab, greets us when we arrive
6-9-2008 10:04 am
6-9-2008 10:15 am
Students picking up their luggage
6-9-2008 10:37 am
A juvenile bald eagle that the teachers and leaders saw.
6-9-2008 10:55 am
Playing the name game
6-9-2008 11:33 am
"Never have I ever..."
6-9-2008 11:53 am
The Human Knot is tangled up
6-9-2008 12:05 pm
Steph attempts to free herself from the human knot
6-9-2008 12:07 pm
6-9-2008 12:09 pm
Sit on my knees please....a lesson in team work
6-9-2008 12:16 pm
A hummingbird
6-9-2008 1:16 pm
Meeting our "real live predators" - Tonka and Milo
6-9-2008 2:21 pm
6-9-2008 2:32 pm
Tonka hunts for a ground squirrel
6-9-2008 2:38 pm
Trying to eat spinach with our front teeth
6-9-2008 2:47 pm
Aaron showing how our teeth our designed to eat certain things, an adaptation
6-9-2008 2:49 pm
"Come a little closer" - a lesson in carrying capacity
6-9-2008 3:13 pm
A group discusses how to determine how many mountain lions live in the Evergreen area
6-9-2008 4:00 pm
Carly, Jenny and Laura work out the mountain lion problem
6-9-2008 4:01 pm
Clipping grass to determine how many mule deer the area can support
6-9-2008 4:10 pm
6-9-2008 4:10 pm
Amanda, Elizabeth, Izzy, Allison and Aaron
6-9-2008 4:10 pm
Clipping grass
6-9-2008 4:15 pm
The Dodge Lodge
6-9-2008 4:19 pm
Laura
6-9-2008 4:23 pm
Steph reads a quote during flag ceremony
6-9-2008 4:34 pm
The Wildlife group brings the flags down
6-9-2008 4:34 pm
The Wildlife Group after the flag ceremony
6-9-2008 4:38 pm
Steph cleans the table during hopper duty
6-9-2008 6:33 pm
Carly waits while the floors get mopped
6-9-2008 6:33 pm
Steve Lee, an astronomy teacher, tells the story of how he met the Alligator Woman
6-9-2008 7:26 pm
Destiny and Laura do some improv
6-9-2008 7:39 pm
Elizabeth working with a partner during improv
6-9-2008 7:40 pm
The leaders act out the story of Jeremy and Jeremy
6-9-2008 8:03 pm
Mule Deer we saw on Monday night in front of the barn
6-9-2008 8:09 pm
The mule deer moving up a hill
6-9-2008 8:12 pm
The group looking at a dead bat found in front of the barn earlier in the day
6-9-2008 8:14 pm
The dead bat, a predator
6-9-2008 8:18 pm
Just some of the math we used to figure out how many mountain lions the area could support
6-9-2008 8:48 pm
Erin listens to bird songs, making notes in her bird book
6-10-2008 9:10 am
Janie, Jessica and Izzy walk 300 meters to the next point on the Point Count Survey
6-10-2008 10:16 am
The view from the Mountain Ecology trail
6-10-2008 10:21 am
Some caterpillars along the Mountain Ecology Trail
6-10-2008 10:31 am
An aspen grove on the Mountain Ecology trail
6-10-2008 10:31 am
Destiny and Steph looking and listening for birds during the Point Count Survey
6-10-2008 10:40 am
Janie, Jessica and Izzy
6-10-2008 10:51 am
Tarryn records what birds she sees and hears
6-10-2008 10:56 am
Taryn makes a list of the birds her group saw or heard
6-10-2008 11:47 am
6-10-2008 12:08 pm
Allison, Jenny and Janie choose beaks for the bird beak relay
6-10-2008 12:17 pm
An eye dropper doesn't work too well to eat worms
6-10-2008 12:21 pm
Dylan, Erin, Steph and MacKenzie
6-10-2008 12:25 pm
Mt. Rosalie, the boy's bunkhouse
6-10-2008 12:37 pm
Watching Aaron demonstrate Bernoulli's principle
6-10-2008 1:53 pm
Janie demonstrating Bernoulli's Principle - the ping pong ball doesn't get blown out of the air stream because the slower moving air on top of the ball pushes harder than the fast moving air underneath the ball.
6-10-2008 1:57 pm
Taryn demonstrating another example of Beroulli's Principle.
6-10-2008 2:00 pm
Schafer demonstrates yet another example of Bernoulli's Principle
6-10-2008 2:02 pm
The paper doesn't fall.....
6-10-2008 2:03 pm
Carly working on the bird tail for Andrew
6-10-2008 3:20 pm
Destiny working on the tail
6-10-2008 3:21 pm
Jenny, Laura, Destiny, Erin and Madeline
6-10-2008 3:35 pm
Andrew carefully inspects everyone's work to make sure he won't plummet to his death
6-10-2008 3:39 pm
Andrew showing of his brand new tail
6-10-2008 4:14 pm
6-10-2008 4:15 pm
Izzy and Lisa seal the edges of the bat/bird wing
6-10-2008 4:17 pm
Some last minute adjustments to Andrew's new body parts
6-10-2008 4:21 pm
The final touch for Andrew's new life as a bird/bat
6-10-2008 4:22 pm
Andrew poses for the camera
6-10-2008 4:25 pm
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6-10-2008 4:25 pm
The group ready to hike up for our campout
6-10-2008 6:43 pm
Hiking up to the Upper Meadow for the campout.
6-10-2008 6:45 pm
A deer we saw on the way to the Upper Meadow
6-10-2008 6:50 pm
Another one of the deer.
6-10-2008 7:06 pm
Golden Banner flowers
6-10-2008 7:17 pm
The girls' tent in the Upper Meadow
6-10-2008 7:23 pm
Amanda
6-10-2008 7:25 pm
Andrew and Kayla
6-10-2008 7:25 pm
We wait by the "campfire" for the raptor presentation
6-10-2008 7:29 pm
Tristan, a red-tailed hawk
6-10-2008 7:30 pm
Tristan flapping his wings
6-10-2008 7:32 pm
Tristan and Pam
6-10-2008 7:34 pm
Tristan on the ground
6-10-2008 7:36 pm
Pam trying to fluff up Tristan's chest feathers to show their thickness
6-10-2008 7:41 pm
Dylan, Pam, Tristan and Izzy
6-10-2008 8:10 pm
The moon above the upper meadow
6-10-2008 9:00 pm
Brian, our campfire entertainment
6-10-2008 9:20 pm
Singing around the campfire
6-10-2008 9:20 pm
Janie, Steph, Mackenzie and Erin singing
6-10-2008 9:20 pm
Aaron leading us in the beaver song
6-10-2008 9:39 pm
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6-10-2008 9:39 pm
The campfire
6-10-2008 10:03 pm
The girls tucked nicely into their sleeping bags
6-11-2008 6:04 am
Rise and shine!
6-11-2008 6:04 am
The view from the tent in the morning
6-11-2008 6:25 am
Much Better than Oh Deer
6-11-2008 7:03 am
The Breeding Grounds for the Deer
6-11-2008 7:04 am
Wrapping up the game and discussing how predators are needed to keep the deer population in balance.
6-11-2008 7:52 am
Looking east from the Upper Meadow with the outhouse in view.
6-11-2008 7:52 am
Aspens in the Upper Meadow
6-11-2008 7:53 am
Deer on the hike down from the Upper Meadow
6-11-2008 8:02 am
The view of Mt. Evans (on the right)
6-11-2008 8:09 am
Walking from the bunkhouse to breakfast Wednesday morning
6-11-2008 8:14 am
A grizzly bear in the Wildlife Building
6-11-2008 10:21 am
Sneaking up on Kidneus beaneus, a brand new species of ungulate.
6-11-2008 11:31 am
Kidneaus beaneus in it's habitat
6-11-2008 11:31 am
Madeline marking the captured Kidneus beaneus
6-11-2008 11:33 am
6-11-2008 3:02 pm
Aaron Linstrom with the Colorado Division of Wildlife demonstrating how Radio Telemetry works
6-11-2008 3:05 pm
Listening to Aaron Linstrom
6-11-2008 3:13 pm
Dylan turning the receiver to determine where the signal is coming from
6-11-2008 3:29 pm
Madeline and Steph with the receiver
6-11-2008 3:36 pm
The radio collar we found
6-11-2008 3:38 pm
An elk leg bone
6-11-2008 3:50 pm
Carly and Schafer
6-11-2008 4:06 pm
Erin, Steph and Mackenzie enjoying their luau dinner
6-11-2008 6:02 pm
Madeline, Schafer, Taryn and Carly at the luau
6-11-2008 6:30 pm
Mackenzier, Erin and Steph in the Conga Line
6-11-2008 6:35 pm
Elizabeth enjoying the conga line
6-11-2008 6:36 pm
Madeline, Taryn, Kayla, Schafer and Carly dancing
6-11-2008 6:36 pm
Alison, Janie and Jenny
6-11-2008 6:38 pm
Dylan dancing the Electric Slide
6-11-2008 6:44 pm
Alison and Janie dancing to the Chicken Dance
6-11-2008 6:46 pm
Laura dancing
6-11-2008 6:48 pm
Izzy dancing
6-11-2008 6:48 pm
Jessica dancing the Boot, Scoot and Boogy
6-11-2008 6:58 pm
The pro elk team during the debate
6-11-2008 8:19 pm
The con elk team conferring about questions to ask
6-11-2008 8:26 pm
The con elk team giving their closing statement
6-11-2008 8:59 pm
The con wolf team
6-11-2008 9:28 pm
Dylan fishing at Jackson Pond on Thursday morning
6-12-2008 6:37 am
Andrew trying to warm up
6-12-2008 6:37 am
Taryn fishing
6-12-2008 6:56 am
Aaron releasing the rainbow trout that Dylan caught
6-12-2008 6:56 am
Alison at Jackson Pond
6-12-2008 7:01 am
Laura, Erin and Mackenzie
6-12-2008 7:05 am
Leah
6-12-2008 7:05 am
Elizabeth fishing
6-12-2008 7:19 am
Alison and Janie
6-12-2008 7:26 am
Fishing at Jackson Pond
6-12-2008 7:34 am
Leah in the car on the way to the Mt. Evans State Wildlife Area
6-12-2008 8:51 am
The Dining Hall
6-12-2008 8:53 am
The Barn
6-12-2008 8:58 am
Greg, Nick and Paul with the Colorado Division of Wildlife
6-12-2008 9:29 am
Standing at the edge of Bear Creek
6-12-2008 9:38 am
Nick Electrofishing
6-12-2008 9:43 am
Paul Electrofishing while Greg follows behind with a bucket for the fish.
6-12-2008 9:44 am
Some of the Brown Trout we caught
6-12-2008 9:46 am
Looking at the fish
6-12-2008 9:51 am
One of the Brown Trout we caught being measured and weighed
6-12-2008 9:56 am
Paul recording data on the fish
6-12-2008 9:59 am
Madeline measuring a fish
6-12-2008 10:05 am
A fish being weighed
6-12-2008 10:05 am
Dylan measuring a fish
6-12-2008 10:07 am
Jessica measuring a fish
6-12-2008 10:07 am
Jenny measuring a fish
6-12-2008 10:08 am
Taryn measuring a fish
6-12-2008 10:09 am
Destiny recording the data on each fish
6-12-2008 10:10 am
Izzy weighing a fish
6-12-2008 10:11 am
Watching the fish be measured and weighed
6-12-2008 10:15 am
Listening to Paul on the side of Bear Creek
6-12-2008 10:20 am
Looking for aquatic insects on a rock from the stream
6-12-2008 11:35 am
A bull snake that a group found on the road
6-12-2008 12:03 pm
Dylan looking for aquatic insects
6-12-2008 12:28 pm
Steph and Erin wading in Bear Creek
6-12-2008 1:09 pm
Mackenzie in Bear Creek
6-12-2008 1:09 pm
Madeline, Mackenzie, Schafer, Carly, Jessica and Izzy on a small island in the middle of Bear Creek
6-12-2008 1:09 pm
Alison
6-12-2008 1:10 pm
Dylan taking off the waders and eating a rice krispie treat
6-12-2008 1:10 pm
Laura taking a bad step and falling into the creek.
6-12-2008 1:17 pm
Laura warming up on the side of the creek with Jessica and Elizabeth
6-12-2008 1:29 pm
Erin, Madeline and Steph
6-12-2008 1:30 pm
Bear Creek
6-12-2008 1:31 pm
Kayla, Andrew, Aaron and Lisa
6-12-2008 1:32 pm
The group at Beer Creek
6-12-2008 1:49 pm
Summarizing all the amazing things we did during the week
6-12-2008 4:23 pm
Elizabeth, Taryn, someone from another group, Carly and Schafer waiting for the doors to open at the Black and White dinner
6-12-2008 5:28 pm
Andrew and Kayla
6-12-2008 5:28 pm
The "international crowd" enjoying dinner at Chez Evans, a "highly rated restaurant by Zagat"
6-12-2008 6:01 pm
Aaron, one of the waiters at Chez Evans
6-12-2008 6:01 pm
Lisa, a waitress at Chez Evans
6-12-2008 6:01 pm
Izzy, a Russian millionaire, enjoying his milk
6-12-2008 6:02 pm
Lisa and Aaron dancing
6-12-2008 6:20 pm
Steph, Lisa and Erin dancing the Can-Can
6-12-2008 6:21 pm
The Adult Leaders dancing the Can-Can
6-12-2008 6:22 pm
All of the Adult Leaders
6-12-2008 6:27 pm
The Wildlife Group
6-12-2008 6:33 pm
All of the Teachers
6-12-2008 6:36 pm
Lisa and Aaron
6-12-2008 6:37 pm
Kathryn Beisner, the storyteller on Thursday night
6-12-2008 6:49 pm
Schafer looking at fish scales with Destiny and Laura looking on.
6-12-2008 8:32 pm
The Wildlife Biology group (minus Amanda and Dylan)
6-13-2008 11:08 am
Jumping up for Wildlife
6-13-2008 11:12 am
Mimicing our favorite animal from the week
6-13-2008 11:13 am
The Creative Dramatics performance on Friday afternoon
6-13-2008 11:32 am
Wildlife explaining to the remainder of the students what we did throughout the week
6-13-2008 12:07 pm
Leah giving her presentation on bird songs
6-13-2008 1:43 pm
Taryn giving her presentation on Radio Telemetry
6-13-2008 1:44 pm
