Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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as a bell in contrast to yesterday. 1,000 cliff swallows flying in and out under the bridge at Elk Antler Creek. Spent most of the day in a picnic area near Mud Volcano reading Bruce Anthony's thesis, University of Newcastle, Australia. Coyote walked by the car 20 feet away, and prowled the picnic area. Profuse spring beauties (Claytonia), often a virtual carpet under the lodgepole pine. Grizzly bears eat the roots of these. Back to Fishing Bridge, and keyboarded the trip in the Visitor Center Parking lot. There was a moose walking around in the junction area. Supper back at the picnic area. Scouting till dark. Moose again. Western grebe. In the night, the Milky Way was quite visible. June 4, Wednesday. Up at 5.45. Mercifully, the mildest night of the three by far, since I had to pack up. Off at 7.00 a.m. Showered, then drove to Canyon. Gas. Canyon to Norris, one moose in the timber. Norris to Mammoth, then Gardiner. There was a bighorn ram right at the streamside (pix), having difficulty, apparently getting up the hill and not wanting to fall into the swollen river. Groceries in Gardiner. To Slough Creek and pitched camp and ate lunch, about 12.30. Spent the afternoon finishing Anthony's thesis, and keyboarded it at Yellowstone Picnic area. Supper there. Then scouting. 50-60 people at Slough Creek seeing nothing, not yet anyway. But there had been a wolf kill in the area a day or two before. Up to the lookout one mile west of Buffalo Ranch. Sow and two cubs of the year at great distance in the snowline across the valley. Watched her half an hour. Drove on up toward Soda Butte. One mile beyond Soda Butte, saw one grizzly in the woods, in and out on a sage brush hill. Seen quite nicely for about a minute, after waiting there some time because others said they had seen it. Well developed hump, and one of the more satisfying viewings on the trip. About 9.00 but still surprisingly good light. This would be grizzly no. 24. Back to camp. All the riverside campsite are flooded, the water up to the seats on the picnic benches. June 5, Thursday. Up at 5.45, off at 6.00. Sow and two cubs of the year at Slough Creek, at great distance, on a carcass (presumably the one reported to be a wolf kill a couple days before). One black wolf seen above the bear. Others said they had earlier seen two. I saw it running, and thought it had laid down beyond a fallen aspen, and, though I watched it 40 minutes, it did not move. Since the black spot was still there that evening, it must not have been the wolf. But I did see it running. Two bald eagles, adults perched in a dead tree. Drove to the lookout west of the ranch. Sow and two cubs of the year in the distance across the valley. The cubs were quite playful on the snow, and moved across it with surprising speed.
There were elk trying to cross the river at the Lamar Picnic area, though none did it. Drove to Cooke City. The road climbs and you enter Gallatin National Forest. The campgrounds here are still snowed in. Drove over Cooke Pass and the road crosses into Wyoming and Shoshone National Forest. Drops to lower elevation in Clark's Fork Valley. Marmots. At and beyond Crazy Creek, Pilot Peak (11,708 ft) and Index Peak are quite striking. Pilot is like the Matterhorn. Passed the Chief Joseph Highway turnoff. This is the road to Cody and is now kept open all year. Chief Joseph fled this way, and was chased by the military. There are various accounts of how Dead Indian Pass got its name. Drove on up the Beartooth Highway. Claytonias in profusion. Lithophragma. Fritillaria putica, Yellow fritillary. Yellowbell. The road climbs with more snow. Beartooth Lake is still mostly frozen, a big lake. Beyond is 3-4 feet of snowpack. Reach Top of the World, a store, but this is only subalpine, and the road climbs beyond. Visible from here, Beartooth Butte, with two "teeth" on one side, but the real "Beartooth" is at the pass. Clay Butte is also here. There is a fossil deposit in Beartooth Butte in which a Princeton team found Devonian fossils with the notochord in them. Reach Chain Lakes, and snowmobilers on the frozen lakes and countryside. There are large rolling and flat areas here; now fully in the alpine. Lunch. 5-6 feet of snowpack in areas, though other slopes were clear. Reach West Summit of Beartooth Pass, lots of tundra expanse. This is certainly the equal of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. The West Summit is the higher, something about 11,000 ft. Some miles further east is the East Summit. They were shooting a TV commercial on how to sell an refrigerator to an Eskimo, and had built a styrofoam igloo and had a dogsled team and all. Beyond, the "Beartooth" is quite striking, a gigantic tooth, spire seen between other mountains. (postcard, copied as slide). Returned. Marvelous clouds, as well as mountain scenery, including a gathering storm after a splendid day. Cooked dinner (noodles and tuna) at Warm Creek Picnic Ground back inside the park, with the last of a long-lasting jar of Ranch Salad dressing, on the last of a stir-fry makings used for a salad. Coyote in timber below Icebox Canyon. Rain lower down. Phoned Jane from the ranch, and back to the campground and keyboarded the trip in the rain. June 6, Friday. Up at 5.15 and out. Sow and two cubs of the year at Slough Creek, watched for 20 minutes.
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Trail Log 1995-1997 Holmes Rolston,
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1995 January 4, 1995. Wednesday. Ad
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"Winnow" - the root is wind, vent,
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Worker's Directory. He gave me a co
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7 year. Leaving the hospital comple
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9 Bougainvillaea. Many kinds, all w
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11 Gerenuk - a very long necked ant
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13 I took a bird walk on my own, as
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15 francolins egret, unidentified e
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17 2 males, old males 3 females, wi
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19 somewhat better on the return tr
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21 mahogany trees wild fig trees ga
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Continuing, we crossed a long, flat
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25 50 zebras 1,000 zebras on one si
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27 impala giraffe and baby zebras c
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29 Robin chat stone chat northern d
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31 We drove back around in the lake
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33 small park. Jane Goodall's resea
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35 July 6. Thursday, continued. Met
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37 July 10. Monday. Drove to Kruger
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39 The guides go first, Jan up fron
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But it was getting dark and we didn
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43 Lions roaring as we got up in th
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45 little egret giant kingfisher pi
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47 At Skukuza, I separated from Joh
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stand your ground. Be bold and nois
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51 Red-billed woodhoopoe, with call
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53 we found a rhino horn (pix), whi
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55 giant kingfisher darter (anhinga
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57 distance away to the four winds.
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59 We were visited that evening by
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61 the township with an enrollment
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63 University of Cape Town. Lovely
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65 the trashiest of all. Afternoon.
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67 August 16. Wednesday. Day of mee
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69 momentary. Went in to the Shelte
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71 on the limousine down. December
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73 birds than we thought we might r
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lawn). A near relative is Araucaria
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water supplies are put in a couple
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track in the snow. We left about 11
Page 95 and 96: 4 coyotes in snow. 1 immature bald
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Page 101 and 102: Australia July 1 - August 19, 1996
Page 103 and 104: July 10, Wednesday. Drove to Laming
Page 105: We drove through the rainforest and
Page 109 and 110: QUT. Elizabeth Saxon, sat beside me
Page 111 and 112: Eucalyptus trees here are often dea
Page 113: and barely survived. Antechinus stu
Page 118 and 119: floods and drought, much compacted.
Page 120 and 121: it later deteriorated. Wombat kille
Page 122 and 123: Seminar at 2.15 p.m Chris Mortenson
Page 126 and 127: Then to Murdoch University, lecture
Page 130 and 131: This cave is the pouch of the femal
Page 132 and 133: Huge streams pour off the rock in a
Page 134 and 135: ut not all that messed up. Turned a
Page 136 and 137: Trail Log 1997 February 22, 1997, S
Page 138 and 139: much better in the lower, protected
Page 140 and 141: To Tower Junction, then to Tower, l
Page 142 and 143: Back to the ranch. The coyote was a
Page 144 and 145: crows are unusual inside Yellowston
Page 148 and 149: I went up on a higher hill to try t
Page 150 and 151: Siberia and Lake Baikal June 15-29,
Page 152 and 153: Russia has an 80-year old system of
Page 154 and 155: In the dining car, there never seem
Page 157 and 158: Reached Zilovo, about 10.15, about
Page 159 and 160: City tour on a nice day. Population
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Page 163 and 164: Communism unraveled, and that, we t
Page 165 and 166: Thalictrum foetidum Grimmia calcare
Page 169 and 170: Walk to Shaman Rock. From the rock,
Page 171 and 172: Viola rupestris Euphorbia alpina Pl
Page 173 and 174: Lychnis sibirica Schizonepetala mul
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Page 177 and 178: July 16-18, 1997, Tuesday through F
Page 179 and 180: Events in Ft. Collins area: July 28
Page 181: Camped at Sarto Creek, in flats nea
Page 184 and 185: Shuttle back to Missoula, arriving
Page 186 and 187: Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort
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