{"id":3788,"date":"2009-07-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/more-field-updates-from-southeast-colorado\/"},"modified":"2021-06-09T14:58:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:58:30","slug":"more-field-updates-from-southeast-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/2009\/07\/14\/more-field-updates-from-southeast-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"More field updates from Southeast Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Culver and Jodie Bell from the CNHP Ecology Team conducted a biological inventory in late June on a private ranch in SE Colorado. The ranch was ~22,000 acres and housed several rare species. We documented beautiful examples of sand sage plant communities, prairie dog towns with burrowing owls, ponds teeming with painted turtles and Northern leopard frogs, the rare sandhill goosefoot (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Chenopodium cycloides<\/span>), and plains ragweed (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ambrosia linearis<\/span>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7185\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/1-sandsage-prairie.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"sand sage prairie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/1-sandsage-prairie.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/1-sandsage-prairie-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Nice example of a sand sage prairie with pink plains penstemon (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Penstemon ambiguus<\/span>).<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7186\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/6-lesser-earless-lizard-2.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"288\" alt=\"lesser earless lizard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/6-lesser-earless-lizard-2.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/6-lesser-earless-lizard-2-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">A lesser earless lizard (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Holbrookia maculata<\/span>) taking a rest to pose for us.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7187\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/4-N-leopard-frog-adult3.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"northen leopard frog\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/4-N-leopard-frog-adult3.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/4-N-leopard-frog-adult3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Northern leopard frog (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Rana pipiens<\/span>), a watchlisted species.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7188\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/7-common-nighthawk.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"227\" alt=\"common nighthawk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/7-common-nighthawk.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/7-common-nighthawk-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Common nighthawks (<span style=\"font-style: italic\">Chordeiles minor<\/span>) were certainly common along the fence posts.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7189\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/5-drc-plant-ider.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/5-drc-plant-ider.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/5-drc-plant-ider-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Denise keying out a rare ragweed, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Ambrosia linearis<\/span>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>We were lucky enough to have Triston, a 7 year old ranch-hand, to assist us with dip-netting ponds and diving through mud chasing after leaping leopard frogs.  Thanks Triston!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7190\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/3-triston-with-frog.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/3-triston-with-frog.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/3-triston-with-frog-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Thanks to Triston\u2019s quick reflexes we catch a Northern leopard frog.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7191\" src=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/2-jbb-and-triston.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/2-jbb-and-triston.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/11\/2-jbb-and-triston-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size:78%\">Jodie and Triston searching the wetlands for amphibians and reptiles.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denise Culver and Jodie Bell from the CNHP Ecology Team conducted a biological inventory in late June on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-county-inventory","category-ecology","entry","override"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnhp.colostate.edu\/cnhpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}