Colorado : August 4-7, 2014
Colorado State Capitol, Denver, CO - August 4
I arrived just in time for the governor's press conference.
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City and County Building (172k)
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Meet the press (144k)
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Governor Hickenlooper (156k)
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Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR, CO - August 4
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Black-billed Magpie (148k)
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Western Kingbird (48k)
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Red-headed Woodpecker (104k)
Blue Jay (208k)
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A family of Red Tailed Hawks (212k)
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Juvenile starling? (60k)
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Rocky Mountain National Park, CO - August 5
Clark's Nutcracker (112k)
View from Rainbow Curve (148k)
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Clark's Nutcracker (96k)
Golden mantled ground squirrel (136k)
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Purplish Copper (female)
(Epidemia helloides)
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(Least/Uinta)? Chipmunk (132k)
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Pika (228k)
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Yellow bellied marmot (124k)
Juvenile marmot (116k)
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Common Alpine
Erebia epipsodea
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Phoebus Parnassian
Parnassius phoebus
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Mountain Blue
Agriades franklini
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Summit at Alpine Visitor Center (156k)
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White-crowned Sparrow (156k)
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Alluvial Fan (180k)
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Parkland Airport, Erie CO - August 6-7
NASA's P3 Orion made several orbits and low passes as part of the DISCOVER-AQ air quality research project (
http://discover-aq.larc.nasa.gov
)
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The flight home: Rockies and Grand Canyon - August 7
I-70 nr. Silver Plume (128k)
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La Plata Peak (272k)
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Red Mountain (196k)
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