Colorado, July 2004


first class, yeah baby!


Colorado Springs


White Thistle, Cirsium


Wild Onion, Allium




mushroom


Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium


Scarlet Gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata


tarp?!








Fleabane, Erigeron


Cinquefoil, Potentilla




cushion plant


cushion plant








Purple Fringe, Phacelia sericea


Gothic Mountain








Emerald Lake


Blue Columbine, Aquilegia coerulea


White Geranium, Geranium richardsonii


Bluebells, Mertensia




The Hindenburg


bat, Myotis?




Mariposa Lily, Calochortus gunnisonii


on the way up to Virginia Basin


Elephant Head, Pedicularis groenlandica


Bog Orchid




Pika, Ochotona princeps (aka furry little bastards/saboteurs of Natalie's project)


Blue Flax, Linum lewisii


Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja


Gothic Mountain


Bluebells, Mertensia


Sky Pilot, Polemonium viscosum




Virginia Basin


Pika hay pile






Fitweed, Corydalis caseana






Lupine, Lupinus & blister beetle (family Meloidae)


Larkspur, Delphinium


Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja


bee-collecting


Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota flaviventris







Scarlet Gilia, Ipomopsis aggregata


Fleabane, Erigeron


big ant








Emerald Lake


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus




bee-pinning


bee inspection




Chipmunk, Tamias


Gentian


into the bog
















Bishop's Cap, Mitella


Monkshood, Aconitum columbianum


Coralroot Orchid, Corallorhiza


Bog Orchid




liverwort




Red Columbine, Aquilegia elegantula




moth


burying beetles




Gothic Mountain


Gothic townsite




paedomorphic Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum


metamorphic Tiger Salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum


hail


Crested Butte


Mule Deer, Odocoileus hemionus




Fireweed, Epilobium angustifolium






















alien vortex


























The Great Sand Dunes




Ten-lined June Beetle, Polyphylla decimlineata




looking over the top


at the top






















pollen-collecting bee on Penstemon






Bistort, Bistorta bistortoides






climbing Mount Owen








Fleabane, Erigeron









on top of Mount Owen...

...with a little friend

Golden-mantled Squirrel, Spermophilus lateralis


lichens


Alpine Poppy, Papaver kluanense


Blue Columbine, Aquilegia coerulea








Indian Paintbrush, Castilleja






female hummingbird


Nicole's first smore




Frenchy's Cafe


trout




Penstemon


hunting for seedlings at treeline






counting growth rings




Fleabane, Erigeron


Euchre


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


Mule Deer doe and fawn, Odocoileus hemionus


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


Ore House








East River




JT's lab


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


Larkspur, Delphinium & bee


Cinquefoil, Potentilla & bee


Monkshood, Aconitum columbianum & bee


Dragonhead, Dracocephalum parviflorum & bee


bee robbing Larkspur, Delphinium


full moon




Gothic Mountain at night


female hummingbird


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


juvenile male Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus


young sparrow


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus






Yellow-bellied Marmot, Marmota flaviventris


male Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus


female hummingbird




last morning in Gothic











my what strange yoghurts they have here, upside down it seems...

Denver airport








cancelled flights again, but oh the luxury of a flush toilet and a proper bed!



and don't we just love those 4am wakeup calls, sigh...

Denver

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