Trail Log 1995-1997 - Lamar at Colorado State University

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Polygonum viviparum, Alpine Bistort Polytrichum, sp. haircap moss Populus tremuloides, aspen Potentialla fruticosa (= Pentaphylloides floribunda), Shrubby cinquefoil Prunella vulgaris, Heal-all Pulsatilla patens = Anemone multifida, in Dorn. Seen only in seed, but seen often. Pseudotsuga menziesii, Doug fir Pyrola aserifolia, Pink alpine pyrola Ranuculus, buttercup, various species Ranuculus adoneus, snow buttercup Ribes, sp, currants, gooseberries Rosa woodsii, rose Rubus parviflorus, thimbleberry Rubus idaeus, raspberry Salix, willow Salix nivalis = reticulata. Snow willow. Sambucus, elderberry Saxifraga, saxifrage, several of these Saxifraga brochialis, Spotted saxifrage. like a large moss Sedum, stonecrop spp. Senecio triangularis, Arrow-leaved groundsel. Common. Shepherdia, buffaloberry Silene acaulis, Moss campion Solidago, goldenrod Sorbus, mountain-ash Spiraea, Spiraea. Everywhere Symphoriocarpus, snowberry Swertia perennis, star gentian. Purple, in the wet areas. Tricky, really a sympet, but looks like a polypet. But the twin hair glands are there at base of petals (= lobes). Thalictrum, sp. Meadow Rue. Common Thalspi alpestre, alpine candy tuft Tragopogon, sp., goatsbeard Vaccinium, vaccinium, whortleberry Valeriana, Valerian Verbascum thapsus, mullein Veratrum viride, False hellebore Veronica sp., speedwell Vicia, vetch Xerophyllum tenax, beargrass. But not especially in bloom. Zygadenus sp., Death-camus. Especially nice on this trip. Still nursing the sore knee, which wasn't done any good by the horseback ride. August 12, Tuesday. Hike to Gem Lake in RMNP, leading a group from the Society for Contemporary Philosophy, about fifteen. Very pleasant, with enough threat of rain to make it exciting, but none really fell. Nice coyote on way out at MacGregor Ranch. September 19, 97. Red fox, seen on way out to Giles' trailer, at the railroad tracks just before
entering his trailer park. After dark, seen in headlights. It ran across the road, and then turned around and ran back. Quite red, long bushy tail straight out as it ran. September 29, 1997. Jane saw three racoons on the street near the house, in the dark, coming home in the car. October 19, 1997. Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge with Jerry Freeman and Jim Gilmore, and Jane. I spoke there the afternoon and evening before for Jerry Freeman. Jim Gilmore is wildlife sculptor, former rancher there. Birding on the refuge for a couple hours. Gadwalls, many of them. Canada geese, a few. Widgeon, flicker, loggerhead shrike, blubird, kestral, marsh hark, kinglet, migrating in shrubs, mountain chickadee, meadowlark, pied-billed grebe, lesser yellowlegs, greater yellowlegs, snipe, great horned owl, goldlen eagle - nice flew up over road, magpie, redwings, prairie falcon. Then back into town and drove north of town to find some sandhill cranes, found about two dozen of them, also calling. Two cottontails. Half a dozen deer. One beaver seen nicely swimming in a wetland pond. Freeman is a co-author of the Colorado Bats book, leads an annual tour here to watch Mexican free tailed bats coming out of a mine north of the Great Sand Dunes. Shrub common in dry fields here they call chico, which is greasewood, Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Chenopodiaceae), abundant on alkaline flats, poisonous containing calcium oxalate, nevertheless a useful forage plant if the diet is mixed and sheep do not graze in pure stands. Also much Atriplex.
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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
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4 coyotes in snow. 1 immature bald
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Two coyotes came down the road in f
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Spain, surprisingly, as there are i
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Australia July 1 - August 19, 1996
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July 10, Wednesday. Drove to Laming
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We drove through the rainforest and
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QUT. Elizabeth Saxon, sat beside me
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Eucalyptus trees here are often dea
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and barely survived. Antechinus stu
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floods and drought, much compacted.
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it later deteriorated. Wombat kille
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Seminar at 2.15 p.m Chris Mortenson
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Then to Murdoch University, lecture
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This cave is the pouch of the femal
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Huge streams pour off the rock in a
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ut not all that messed up. Turned a
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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 146 and 147: as a bell in contrast to yesterday.
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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 165 and 166: Thalictrum foetidum Grimmia calcare
Page 169 and 170: Walk to Shaman Rock. From the rock,
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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
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