Mt. Evans Outdoor Lab 2006 - High Potential Week (Wildlife Biology Group)
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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 tootisie rolls?" A lesson in carrying capacity of an area. 
An old building near the Barn 
Determing 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 
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 
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 Tranceiver 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 
Seperating 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 
