Alison Holloran of Audubon Rockies holds a yellow warbler for Sage and Willow. Soda Lakes Bioblitz on June 23, 2012
What’s a bioblitz? Well, you get a bunch of folks together and document every living thing in a small area over a 24 hour period. There are biologists with a great depth of knowledge about everything that crawls, swims, runs, or flies,and regular folks who just care about special places. It’s a lot of fun and I was fortunate to photograph the event for Audubon. Click more to see my photo essay.
Susan Marsh of Wyoming Game and Fish leads a point count at Soda Lake wetlands. The point count was part of the Audubon Rockies bioblitz event on June 23, 2012. Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area
Ian Abernethy of WYNDD displays a deer mouse while giving a field talk about small mammal density on the site. Audubon Rockies bioblitz, June 23, 2012. Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area
A newborn pronghorn fawn is hidden in grass by his mother. Fawns are born without scent to be difficult for predators to locate in the first few days of life. Audubon Rockies bioblitz at Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area on June 23, 2012.
Darren Rhea of Wyoming Game and Fish displays a large brook trout during the Audubon Rockies bioblitz on June 23, 2012. Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area
Matt Holloran of Wyoming Wildlife Consultants displays a grasshopper captured during the Audubon Rockies bioblitz event on June 23, 2012. Matt is a renowned sage grouse researcher and educated the group about the importance of insects to the sage grouse diet. Soda Lake Wildlife Management Area
Stakeholders at the BBQ before the Audubon Rockies Bioblitz admire the Wind River Range over Soda Lakes. The BBQ was co-sponsored by the Wyoming Land Trust.
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2 thoughts on ““Bioblitz” With Audubon Rockies”
What a neat event. That area around Pinedale is one of my favorite places to camp as I make my way north to Yellowstone.
What a neat event. That area around Pinedale is one of my favorite places to camp as I make my way north to Yellowstone.
There’s a lot of magic around Pinedale and the southern GYE – and a remarkable dichotomy with the mega gas fields. The new West…