Tuesday, August 2, 2016

7/27 in review

 Savannah , Owen's big sister is a research scientist working at RMBL and she took the Rangers on a bird walk.

Listen and you can hear what you may not see so easily.


A baby Marmot watches the Rangers as they pass.

Savannah explains her work.



Cliff Swallows at RMBL


Small mammal display at the Town Hall.



 Sky Rockets
 
Bear with me as we experience technical difficulties.

Sunday, July 24, 2016

Crossing Ninja


7/20

 Beca, Connor, Nola, Kat, Gracie, Oliver
Len, and our Host David Lopez.  David explained his work on the effects of road dust on SkyRockets. The rangers took copious notes.

David points out several of his research specimens.   


Thank you David, for taking the time to impart some of your knowledge!


Gracie, Nola, Kat, Connor, Beca, Oliver, and Len take a relaxing few  moments by the river to reflect on what we've learned.

Nick Wasser and Denny Ramirez discuss the black flies and their relation to Skyrockets.



Kat did this field study of the trees just outside and across the street from the the town hall.  Another candidate for the cover of this years book. 



Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Wing of a Fly - Nola

Wing of a Fly
By Nola

Usually a menace
But when stilled
And magnifyed
An incredible sight

It's wing
Is like
A puffy mattress
Covered entirely by
Tightly stretched
Plastic wrap 
Infused with silver
And the sheets of this
On each side
Are pinched together
With luxurious blue thread

The Bees - Gracie

buzzing around from a to b and all the way to z people think I will sting you but I will not it is time you realized you depend on me.

My Morning - Connor



        9:05 AM, I arrive at the town hall of Gothic . Then I am told that we are going to meet Mr. David Lopez and learn about his project. I was very exited at this because I'm interested in the relationship between people and plants, his project is about the effect of road dust on plants.
       9:45 AM  we are at the river, we see the black rock Mr. Lenny tells us about and we sit on it. We fill in the new ranger (Kat) about ourselves and the camp. We are directed back to town hall and when we get back we eat our snack and discuss our findings and teachings on our expedition this morning.