WEBVTT 00:02.833 --> 00:04.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Bryce Canyon National Park in Red Rock 00:04.733 --> 00:07.000 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% country of southern Utah allows 00:07.000 --> 00:08.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% us to look at the beautiful effects of 00:08.566 --> 00:13.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% erosion on an old lake bed. Join us next on Nature Scene. 00:16.433 --> 00:17.400 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Narration: A production of 00:17.400 --> 00:18.833 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% South Carolina ETV 00:19.600 --> 00:20.733 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Narration: Nature Scene is made 00:20.733 --> 00:22.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% possible in part by a grant from Santee Cooper, 00:22.900 --> 00:24.633 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% where protection and 00:24.633 --> 00:26.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% improvement of our environment are 00:26.400 --> 00:28.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% equal in importance to providing 00:28.200 --> 00:31.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% electric energy. And by Hilton Head Island, 00:31.866 --> 00:34.266 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% South Carolina. 00:34.266 --> 00:36.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Where respect for nature and a commitment to 00:36.433 --> 00:38.466 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% preserving the environment are as 00:38.466 --> 00:44.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% popular as its soft sandy beaches. And by 00:44.400 --> 00:46.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% viewers like you, members of the 00:46.866 --> 00:48.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ETV Endowment of South Carolina. 00:48.566 --> 01:52.966 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% ♪ (Soft Music) ♪ 01:52.966 --> 01:54.633 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% Jim: Hello and welcome to Nature Scene 01:54.633 --> 01:56.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% outwest surrounded by the 01:56.966 --> 01:58.833 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% incredibly beautiful landscape of 01:58.833 --> 02:01.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Southern Utah at Bryce Canyon National Park. 02:01.133 --> 02:03.500 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% I'm Jim Welch with 02:03.500 --> 02:05.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% naturalist Rudy Mancke. And we're at Fairyland point, 02:05.666 --> 02:10.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the elevation here about 7758 feet. 02:10.466 --> 02:11.300 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: And we're gonna have a 02:11.300 --> 02:12.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% wonderful time today, just with 02:12.766 --> 02:14.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% beautiful views, if nothing else, 02:14.433 --> 02:16.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and yet there's a lot more to see here, too. 02:16.033 --> 02:18.700 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% The geological story is wonderful. 02:18.700 --> 02:20.800 align:left position:25% line:65% size:65% I think we need to start with that. 02:20.800 --> 02:22.766 align:left position:27.5% line:65% size:62.5% Talk about the past a little bit and how 02:22.766 --> 02:25.000 align:left position:15% line:65% size:75% these formations came to be. 02:25.000 --> 02:26.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% But then the plants and animals that we're 02:26.166 --> 02:27.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% going to find here should be 02:27.266 --> 02:28.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% interesting because there's a great 02:28.433 --> 02:31.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% variety of habitats. I like to mix at 02:31.000 --> 02:32.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% this place. It's really not that 02:32.300 --> 02:34.800 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% large as far as national parks go, 02:34.800 --> 02:36.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% but it has a lot to offer. And of course, 02:36.433 --> 02:38.500 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% what really brings people here 02:38.500 --> 02:40.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% is a view like the one behind us of 02:40.400 --> 02:41.833 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Bryce Canyon itself. 02:41.833 --> 02:43.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: Now this is called Fairyland, I 02:43.600 --> 02:45.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% guess because of these figures, which 02:45.500 --> 02:47.566 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% take on strange shapes. Hoodoos the 02:47.566 --> 02:48.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Paiutes called it. Yeah, 02:48.500 --> 02:49.600 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: that's a pretty neat name. 02:49.600 --> 02:50.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And really, they they're formed 02:50.900 --> 02:52.600 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% because there's hard rock on top 02:52.600 --> 02:55.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% protecting the rock beneath it from erosion. 02:55.066 --> 02:58.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Lake bed sediments is what 02:58.200 --> 03:00.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% this is thought to be basically 03:00.200 --> 03:02.400 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Paleocene, an age around 60 million years ago, 03:02.400 --> 03:05.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% there was a lake here filled with sediments. 03:05.033 --> 03:06.866 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Basically, these are 03:06.866 --> 03:09.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% limestones and a few siltstones varying 03:09.866 --> 03:12.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% in their hardness. So that, you know, 03:12.233 --> 03:13.300 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% allows them to weather 03:13.300 --> 03:14.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% differentially and give you these little, 03:14.633 --> 03:16.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% little Hoodoos things that stick out. 03:16.766 --> 03:19.266 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And then the Colorado Plateau, 03:19.266 --> 03:21.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% we know began to be uplifted 10 15 03:21.733 --> 03:23.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% million years ago, when is the uplift 03:23.400 --> 03:25.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% started, there were rivers running on that rock. 03:25.166 --> 03:27.200 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% As you lift them up, 03:27.200 --> 03:29.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% they began to cut down through the rock and 03:29.100 --> 03:31.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% give you beautiful canyons like this. 03:31.366 --> 03:32.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And of course you see other plateaus. 03:32.800 --> 03:33.966 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Look at them in the distance 03:33.966 --> 03:35.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: Way out there is Aquarius Plateau, 03:35.800 --> 03:37.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the highest plateau in all of North America 03:37.500 --> 03:39.166 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% that's between 10 and 11,000 feet. 03:39.166 --> 03:41.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Rudy: Yeah, it's amazing, because we're not 03:41.633 --> 03:43.633 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% sure exactly what brought 03:43.633 --> 03:45.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the Colorado Plateau up. And of course, 03:45.700 --> 03:47.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% it's not one thing. It's a number of 03:47.933 --> 03:50.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% plateaus together. But it's interesting 03:50.233 --> 03:52.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to see the effects of it. And those little 03:52.200 --> 03:54.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% lines sticking out of formations 03:54.633 --> 03:57.300 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% are usually called fins. 03:57.300 --> 03:59.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And sometimes those actually break 03:59.166 --> 04:00.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% through and you get natural bridges and 04:00.733 --> 04:02.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% other things will be looking for signs like that. 04:02.466 --> 04:03.966 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% But again, this is the 04:03.966 --> 04:06.833 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% work of water. Not only streams now but 04:06.833 --> 04:08.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% water getting in cracks, freezing expanding, 04:08.866 --> 04:11.566 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% and causing the rock to 04:11.566 --> 04:12.633 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% to weather away. 04:12.633 --> 04:15.166 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: Here. There Lone Tree hangs on. 04:15.166 --> 04:16.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Rudy: Yep. And isn't that neat? Because again, 04:16.533 --> 04:18.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that tree you think at first well, it's 04:18.666 --> 04:20.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% holding everything in place. In fact, 04:20.266 --> 04:22.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% it's not. It is to a degree but it's 04:22.633 --> 04:24.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% causing cracks in the rock. water gets 04:24.933 --> 04:27.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% down in there freezes expands and 04:27.033 --> 04:29.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% causes the edges to fall in. And of course, 04:29.500 --> 04:31.533 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% this is a work in progress. 04:31.533 --> 04:34.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's continuing to form. Really streams 04:34.433 --> 04:36.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% are cutting headward slowly but surely 04:36.966 --> 04:38.433 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% wearing these edges away. 04:39.700 --> 04:41.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: The average annual precipitation 04:41.433 --> 04:44.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% here is about 16 inches a year but 04:44.000 --> 04:46.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% even with that this edge recedes about 04:46.066 --> 04:47.566 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% one foot every 50 years. 04:47.566 --> 04:48.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: And it's amazing to see work 04:48.933 --> 04:50.366 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% like this and realize the hand of 04:50.366 --> 04:52.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% man had nothing to do with it. 04:52.000 --> 04:54.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% That makes it even more spectacular to me. 04:54.233 --> 04:55.900 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Few plants coming in here. Here's one we're 04:55.900 --> 04:57.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% going to see probably all day in 04:57.633 --> 04:59.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% a great variety of habitats. Greenleaf Manzanita 04:59.966 --> 05:02.033 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and that a beauty 05:02.033 --> 05:03.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: Name comes from the Spanish for 05:03.433 --> 05:05.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% little apples and fruit I guess looks 05:05.033 --> 05:06.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% like a little apple. 05:06.033 --> 05:07.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Right and you can see that reddish 05:07.466 --> 05:09.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% look on the stems of that plant that 05:09.900 --> 05:11.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% makes it easily identified and the 05:11.766 --> 05:14.366 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% leaves stay on year round. 05:14.366 --> 05:16.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% probably grow up no higher than the snow level you 05:16.533 --> 05:19.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% know was during the the last winter. 05:19.000 --> 05:20.666 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% The other plant up here that's pretty common 05:20.666 --> 05:22.766 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% it looks like is Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany. 05:22.766 --> 05:25.633 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% Member of the rose family. 05:25.633 --> 05:27.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% There's another species here that I 05:27.000 --> 05:29.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bet we'll see later on. But took both of 05:29.633 --> 05:31.166 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% those seem to dominate as far as 05:31.166 --> 05:33.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% shrubs are concerned right here on the edge. 05:33.233 --> 05:35.733 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Gosh, there's lots to see. 05:35.733 --> 05:36.166 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% Let's get started. 05:52.633 --> 05:55.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: 35,800 acres in the park this 05:55.633 --> 05:58.333 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Ponderosa Pine Habitat is one of 05:58.333 --> 05:59.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the zones that we might visit but this 05:59.933 --> 06:03.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% tree Rudy has really... Rudy: Seen better days. 06:03.800 --> 06:04.733 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Jim: Much better days. 06:04.733 --> 06:06.200 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: That is a big old tree and you 06:06.200 --> 06:07.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% see that kind of yellowish look 06:07.800 --> 06:10.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that's left you see of course the damage 06:10.033 --> 06:12.400 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% that fire has done here too. 06:12.400 --> 06:14.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% They get to be monster trees here and I think 06:14.166 --> 06:17.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Ponderosa Pine is a pretty good name for 06:17.266 --> 06:18.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% those things. Of course they start 06:18.433 --> 06:20.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% off kind of small. Here's a little one 06:20.700 --> 06:22.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% right in front of us needles, usually in bundles 06:22.566 --> 06:25.166 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% of three sometimes two, 06:25.166 --> 06:26.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% but usually three and rather long. 06:26.533 --> 06:29.366 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Jim: But 100 to 130 feet is 06:29.366 --> 06:31.033 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% nothing for Ponderosa Pine. 06:31.033 --> 06:32.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% Rudy: Absolutely right. Well, you can see some big 06:32.100 --> 06:33.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% ones all around us here and they 06:33.466 --> 06:35.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% dominate on this ground that's a 06:35.433 --> 06:38.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% little bit higher and then sort of 06:38.800 --> 06:40.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% peter out as you get down a little lower 06:40.200 --> 06:42.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% with with a little extra moisture. 06:42.933 --> 06:44.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% One little shrubby plant that comes in here 06:44.733 --> 06:46.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% now pretty, pretty heavily Bitterbrush 06:46.866 --> 06:48.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% is one of the common names for that thing. 06:48.333 --> 06:50.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Antelope Brush is another 06:50.366 --> 06:54.000 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% name for it. Both of both Pronghorn 06:54.000 --> 06:55.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% antelopes and Mule deer browse on it 06:55.733 --> 06:57.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and see the little leaves and there's 06:57.033 --> 06:59.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the fruit on it kind of an odd fruit and 06:59.100 --> 07:00.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% it is very bitter to the taste but 07:00.766 --> 07:04.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% rodents love it. And usually strip most 07:04.566 --> 07:06.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% of the fruit away I don't see much fruit on it 07:06.633 --> 07:08.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: right in there Rudy, also Indian 07:08.266 --> 07:09.733 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Paintbrush and see beautiful 07:09.733 --> 07:11.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% Rudy: Yeah, with flowers on and 07:11.033 --> 07:12.700 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% really the most colorful parts of 07:12.700 --> 07:16.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that are not flower parts, per se. 07:16.566 --> 07:18.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% They're a little Brax that surround 07:18.700 --> 07:21.933 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% the flowers. That is neat. 07:21.933 --> 07:23.100 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Right there in front of us. 07:23.100 --> 07:24.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: The deer over here and you will 07:24.900 --> 07:25.866 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% deer Mule Deer 07:25.866 --> 07:27.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Rudy: right there female Look at the 07:27.366 --> 07:29.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% size of the ears and again browsing, 07:29.800 --> 07:32.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% doing what we said they do going to the 07:32.533 --> 07:34.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% to the Bitterbrush to recycle those leaves. 07:34.300 --> 07:36.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% That's a beautiful animal 07:36.233 --> 07:38.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% nice and healthy. And again, the size 07:38.433 --> 07:41.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% of those ears give it the name. Mule Deer. 07:41.533 --> 07:43.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: over here on the edge is a young one. 07:43.233 --> 07:45.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% A fawn, this years fawn. Yeah. 07:45.900 --> 07:47.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Black on the tip of the tail 07:47.433 --> 07:49.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% there is pretty typical of those 07:49.866 --> 07:51.266 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% deer sometimes called Black Tailed Deer 07:51.266 --> 07:53.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% for that reason, because the 07:53.966 --> 07:56.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% little black on the tip somebody spots. 07:56.033 --> 07:58.066 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Yeah, just foraging. You see a little bit 07:58.066 --> 08:00.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% of the spots left. There's another 08:00.233 --> 08:01.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% little wind down on the ground right there. 08:01.866 --> 08:03.066 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Look at that feeding 08:03.066 --> 08:05.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: right in front and that will be a twin. 08:05.200 --> 08:06.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Rudy: Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, usually 08:06.200 --> 08:09.966 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% they're two after the first. 08:09.966 --> 08:12.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% First time they give birth to young or two 08:12.033 --> 08:13.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% every time look at get up and bouncing 08:13.900 --> 08:16.133 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% away just boing boing boing between... 08:16.133 --> 08:17.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Just like a spring buck. Oh, there are a 08:17.833 --> 08:19.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% lot of interesting things here. 08:19.200 --> 08:20.300 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% I noticed some movement right over here. 08:20.300 --> 08:22.333 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% Look at the female Western 08:22.333 --> 08:25.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Bluebird perched up there and dropping 08:25.433 --> 08:27.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% What is that on the ground? She's got 08:27.100 --> 08:28.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% something in her beak. Earthworm 08:28.866 --> 08:30.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% pulled up an Earth Oh yeah. Working 08:30.633 --> 08:32.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% with a slowly but surely tried to get 08:32.366 --> 08:38.500 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% it in her mouth. 08:38.500 --> 08:39.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% You can see she's kind of having a 08:39.666 --> 08:41.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% hard time doing that but eventually 08:41.266 --> 08:44.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% getting it all in and changing it into 08:44.633 --> 08:47.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Western Bluebird. I see a Dark Eyed 08:47.033 --> 08:49.600 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Junco to down in the grass is there it 08:49.600 --> 08:51.833 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% looks like just fluffing up, preening 08:51.833 --> 08:53.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% a little bit maybe. Jim: Used to be called 08:53.766 --> 08:55.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the Oregon race of the Junko. 08:55.633 --> 08:56.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: Yeah, that's an interesting one there. 08:56.766 --> 08:59.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There you see it rubbing around a little bit there. 08:59.200 --> 09:00.133 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Jim: Rudy look over here on the ground. 09:00.133 --> 09:02.200 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% White breasted Nut Hatch. 09:02.200 --> 09:04.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Usually you see them coming down the tree 09:04.000 --> 09:06.500 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% but this one is foraging on the ground. 09:06.500 --> 09:07.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: That's a neat animal a lot of bird 09:07.866 --> 09:09.366 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% activity in the forest here. 09:09.366 --> 09:10.566 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Jim: Well, it's harsh habitat but 09:10.566 --> 09:13.200 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% 164 species are listed here in the park. 09:13.200 --> 09:14.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Oh yeah. Good variety of habitats 09:14.866 --> 09:16.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% to little lower area next to us. 09:16.766 --> 09:18.300 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% Let's look at it next. 09:18.300 --> 09:24.466 align:left position:35% line:89% size:55% (Relocating) 09:24.466 --> 09:26.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: This time of year cools off very 09:26.033 --> 09:27.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% quickly with these breezes, especially 09:27.800 --> 09:29.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% at this elevation. We're between 8 09:29.566 --> 09:31.233 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and 9000 feet up. 09:31.233 --> 09:32.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: You know it's interesting to the 09:32.300 --> 09:34.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% way habitats change so quickly. You know, 09:34.266 --> 09:35.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% we talked about that a moment 09:35.600 --> 09:38.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% ago into a sagebrush area here from 09:38.500 --> 09:40.833 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Ponderosa Pine Forest and really 09:40.833 --> 09:42.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the world does change in a place like this. 09:42.333 --> 09:43.733 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% The plants obviously 09:43.733 --> 09:46.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% change but look at the little Prairie 09:46.900 --> 09:48.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Dog mounds out there and the Prairie Dogs 09:48.866 --> 09:50.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% themselves active in a little bit of 09:50.900 --> 09:53.666 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% sunlight coming out to get a meal. 09:53.666 --> 09:54.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% Jim: They disappeared in the 09:54.800 --> 09:57.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% 1950s due to the ranching, but they brought them 09:57.433 --> 09:59.133 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% back in the mid 70s And they 09:59.133 --> 10:00.200 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% were established again. 10:00.200 --> 10:02.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Utah Prairie Dog, one of the 10:02.533 --> 10:04.166 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% white tailed Prairie Dogs will probably 10:04.166 --> 10:05.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% be able to see a white tail as they 10:05.466 --> 10:07.433 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% move around foraging for food. 10:07.433 --> 10:09.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% You see the way they snip off all the plants 10:09.766 --> 10:11.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% out in front of their burrows. 10:11.866 --> 10:13.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% A couple more of them over here, very, 10:13.433 --> 10:15.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% very alert, looking at those things and looking around. 10:15.566 --> 10:17.766 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% Jim: That body short, 10:17.766 --> 10:18.866 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% short legs and short tail, 10:18.866 --> 10:20.533 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: Red Tail Hawks, Golden 10:20.533 --> 10:22.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Eagles, coyotes would probably prey on them. 10:22.433 --> 10:24.766 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% But they do very nicely in 10:24.766 --> 10:26.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% situations like this, a threatened species 10:26.333 --> 10:28.400 align:left position:42.5% line:83% size:47.5% is now making a bit of a 10:28.400 --> 10:29.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% comeback, we gotta go in the hole real quickly. 10:29.900 --> 10:32.533 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% That's how alert they are. 10:32.533 --> 10:35.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That is a neat animal and forming little colonies, 10:35.000 --> 10:36.966 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% little towns they're called. 10:36.966 --> 10:39.733 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% So typical of this part of the 10:39.733 --> 10:42.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% United States. And right in front of us, 10:42.766 --> 10:44.266 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% you see the plant that's so 10:44.266 --> 10:45.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% typical of this area, the Black Sagebrush 10:45.766 --> 10:47.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% you see scattered all over the place. 10:47.700 --> 10:50.333 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% not growing very tall, 10:50.333 --> 10:52.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% you can see some leftover flower 10:52.433 --> 10:54.666 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% stalks sticking up there. One of the composites 10:54.666 --> 10:57.000 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% pretty widespread quite a 10:57.000 --> 11:00.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% few varieties of sagebrush here. 11:00.200 --> 11:02.133 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Also see one of the Gentians look at the 11:02.133 --> 11:03.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% purple flowers in there. Can you see that? 11:03.733 --> 11:05.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Jim: Oh, it's so tiny. Rudy: It just pops 11:05.466 --> 11:07.066 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% right out really with all of 11:07.066 --> 11:09.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% the grasses around it. That is a neat plant. 11:09.166 --> 11:13.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Again, a number of species, you would find here, 11:13.433 --> 11:15.966 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: indicator plant for this transition. 11:15.966 --> 11:17.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: See something else is kind of crazy. 11:17.166 --> 11:19.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Look at the look at this, these rounded, 11:19.300 --> 11:21.833 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% looks almost like tubes of mud. 11:21.833 --> 11:24.800 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% So you stick it out there or soil. 11:24.800 --> 11:26.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Jim: What causes that? Rudy: There is a 11:26.833 --> 11:28.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Pocket Gopher that lives here that's 11:28.966 --> 11:30.733 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% normally digging in the ground. 11:30.733 --> 11:32.166 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% But when there's snow here, they actually dig 11:32.166 --> 11:34.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% burrows in the snow, and fill those snow 11:34.766 --> 11:37.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% burrows with dirt as they dig burrows into 11:37.366 --> 11:40.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the soil beneath the snow melts. 11:40.266 --> 11:42.200 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% They're called gopher cores in that neat the way they look, 11:42.200 --> 11:44.533 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% sticking above the ground. 11:44.533 --> 11:46.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Jim: One of the 50 or so mammals 11:46.200 --> 11:47.133 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% that live here in the park. 11:47.133 --> 11:48.233 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: Yeah, see something else right 11:48.233 --> 11:50.000 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% down here. That's a very clear sign. 11:50.000 --> 11:52.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Mammal now. Pick that up. Let's take a look at it. 11:52.100 --> 11:53.566 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% Jim: One of the 50 species 11:53.566 --> 11:55.800 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% dropped this that's for sure. 11:55.800 --> 11:56.900 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: That's a shed deer antler. 11:56.900 --> 11:58.800 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% No question mule deer young one now 11:58.800 --> 12:01.100 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% with just one fork there. But look at the 12:01.100 --> 12:03.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% base as it comes around in that neat, 12:03.500 --> 12:05.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% with that projection at the base or that 12:05.300 --> 12:07.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% little rim that cuts off the blood supply 12:07.500 --> 12:09.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% causes the antler to die and then 12:09.500 --> 12:11.766 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% eventually shed and every male two a 12:11.766 --> 12:14.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% year right and drops them and often much much bigger. 12:14.066 --> 12:16.333 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Yeah, and usually not on 12:16.333 --> 12:17.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% by some of the rodents. I guess the 12:17.633 --> 12:20.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% rodents haven't really gotten to that one yet. 12:20.433 --> 12:22.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Jim: Mule Deer is very common here. But one 12:22.366 --> 12:25.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% mammal that isn't is the Pronghorn 12:25.033 --> 12:26.200 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% because they disappeared late 12:26.200 --> 12:28.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% 1800s due to hunting and disease. 12:28.633 --> 12:29.666 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% They're coming back now. 12:29.666 --> 12:30.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: Yeah and habitats like this. 12:30.866 --> 12:32.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Now you would expect that and when you 12:32.366 --> 12:34.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% remember earlier, outside of the park, 12:34.566 --> 12:36.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% we saw a group of them just grazing 12:36.600 --> 12:38.900 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% nice and easy. One male with those 12:38.900 --> 12:41.866 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% large horns prong sticking forward 12:41.866 --> 12:44.066 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% giving it the name Pronghorn. 12:44.066 --> 12:46.900 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% The outer horn covering the shed, 12:46.900 --> 12:49.500 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% the bony part stays on yeah, 12:49.500 --> 12:51.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and both sexes grow those things usually, 12:51.333 --> 12:52.866 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% but they were just filling up 12:52.866 --> 12:54.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% with food there. And again, the male has 12:54.933 --> 12:57.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% his little harem of females with him. 12:57.233 --> 12:59.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% This time of year, that animal is exclusively 12:59.233 --> 13:23.066 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% North American. 13:23.066 --> 13:24.700 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% Jim: almost 2 million people a 13:24.700 --> 13:26.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% year come here to see Bryce Canyon National Park. 13:26.700 --> 13:29.500 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And this rim trail gives 13:29.500 --> 13:31.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% them a chance to get close to some of 13:31.766 --> 13:34.033 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% those beautiful works of erosional art. 13:34.033 --> 13:37.566 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% This is Sunset Point about 8000 feet. 13:37.566 --> 13:39.933 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: It is amazing when you see the the 13:39.933 --> 13:42.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% work of water really, as Lauren Isley 13:42.633 --> 13:44.533 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% said there's power in raindrops 13:44.533 --> 13:46.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% there's no doubt about that. 13:46.600 --> 13:48.466 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And when you think back in time of sediments 13:48.466 --> 13:50.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that were deposited in a lake way back 13:50.433 --> 13:52.733 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% in the past, and then the uplift of 13:52.733 --> 13:54.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the Colorado Plateau and you can see the tilt 13:54.766 --> 13:57.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% that happened when the rock was uplifted. 13:57.633 --> 13:59.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Basically they're still relatively 13:59.466 --> 14:01.800 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% flat beds, and then along 14:01.800 --> 14:03.466 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% the edge of the plateau erosion began, 14:03.466 --> 14:05.600 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% water began to do its work. 14:05.600 --> 14:06.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% There were already streams here that 14:06.966 --> 14:09.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% were tilted as the rock moved up 14:09.633 --> 14:11.733 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% whittling away slowly but surely. 14:11.733 --> 14:13.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And then the falls that little valley 14:13.366 --> 14:15.100 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% area down there between this plateau 14:15.100 --> 14:16.866 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and the one in the distance. 14:16.866 --> 14:19.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Jim: This is Bryce Canyon National Park 14:19.433 --> 14:22.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% named after Ebenezer Bryce who settled in 14:22.100 --> 14:25.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% 1875 down there at the base. Way off in the 14:25.466 --> 14:27.333 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% distance Rudy with a visibility 14:27.333 --> 14:29.933 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% like this you can see Navajo Mountain 14:29.933 --> 14:31.566 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% almost 100 miles away 14:31.566 --> 14:32.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: Isn't that neat two right there the 14:32.900 --> 14:35.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% way water a pretty substantial stream 14:35.166 --> 14:37.033 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% of water it looks like actually carved 14:37.033 --> 14:39.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% a pretty nice v shaped valley in the 14:39.933 --> 14:41.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% in the rock there and all the green 14:41.833 --> 14:43.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% trees down below you can see the cap rock 14:43.766 --> 14:45.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% below us to the harder stuff see up 14:45.866 --> 14:47.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% above the reddish material that allows 14:47.966 --> 14:49.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% those hoodoos to form and then on the 14:49.833 --> 14:52.266 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% side over here, some recent erosion you 14:52.266 --> 14:53.666 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% see the little gullies and look at 14:53.666 --> 14:56.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% all the colorful Quaking Aspen young 14:56.133 --> 14:58.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% trees that have come in here and and set 14:58.200 --> 14:59.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% up house there pioneer species that 14:59.866 --> 15:02.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% can out in the open spaces like this, 15:02.266 --> 15:03.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I imagine they won't do terribly well 15:03.800 --> 15:07.566 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% there even a few Ponderosa Pines 15:07.566 --> 15:09.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% slipping out in. Common Raven over 15:09.733 --> 15:11.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% here Jim just flew up and landed on the 15:11.166 --> 15:12.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% side looks like it may have something 15:12.566 --> 15:15.300 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% in its beak scavenging ravens 15:15.300 --> 15:16.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that's what they are finding food that 15:16.933 --> 15:19.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% people leave behind and animals that are 15:19.200 --> 15:20.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% killed on the road that's a neat bird 15:20.866 --> 15:22.833 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% good sized and really plays with 15:22.833 --> 15:25.066 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% the wind here. And then you can see the 15:25.066 --> 15:26.300 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% fins that we were talking about 15:26.300 --> 15:28.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% earlier forming. Differential 15:28.300 --> 15:30.066 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% weathering you know rock harder than 15:30.066 --> 15:32.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% material around it and some of them 15:32.233 --> 15:36.133 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% pretty large and one with a window in it 15:36.133 --> 15:37.100 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% isn't that amazing? 15:37.100 --> 15:38.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: So that's one of the window rocks 15:38.200 --> 15:40.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I guess caused again by the action of water. 15:40.500 --> 15:42.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: Water and wind probably had an 15:42.300 --> 15:44.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% effect that with that too, 15:44.233 --> 15:45.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and sometimes these little openings 15:45.600 --> 15:47.900 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% become big ones you know the natural 15:47.900 --> 15:49.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bridge not too far from here really one 15:49.800 --> 15:53.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% of the arches formed that way spectacular 15:53.200 --> 15:57.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% views mainly it's water and wind 15:57.333 --> 16:00.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% working with sedimentary rock. 16:00.466 --> 16:39.533 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% ♪ Relocating and Soft music. ♪ 16:39.533 --> 16:42.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: Moving down into the 6000 or 16:42.366 --> 16:45.233 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% 6000 plus level gives an entirely 16:45.233 --> 16:47.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% different habitat community of living 16:47.100 --> 16:49.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% things as well as great looks around us. 16:49.700 --> 16:50.966 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Rudy: Yeah, and access to a little 16:50.966 --> 16:52.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bit more water and this is one of those 16:52.833 --> 16:54.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% canyons that we've been looking down on 16:54.700 --> 16:56.833 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it is kind of nice to get down in the canyon itself. 16:56.833 --> 16:59.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And really it gives us a 16:59.533 --> 17:02.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% chance to look back up at some of those 17:02.500 --> 17:04.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% spires that we've been talking about. 17:04.833 --> 17:08.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Layering so clear in there limestones 17:08.433 --> 17:10.600 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and siltstones again and you can see the 17:10.600 --> 17:12.233 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% hard cap rock holding it in as 17:12.233 --> 17:14.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% we've been talking about colored by the 17:14.266 --> 17:17.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% iron oxides yeah and and other minerals in it. 17:17.400 --> 17:19.300 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% And you can see the way water 17:19.300 --> 17:21.000 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% now has cut in those little gullies 17:21.000 --> 17:23.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% you can see streams up there little bits 17:23.500 --> 17:25.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% of water flow. It's working slowly but 17:25.866 --> 17:27.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% surely to change it. 17:27.033 --> 17:29.000 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: Well the creek, creek below us is Rudy 17:29.000 --> 17:31.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% too has such a silty muddy look runs on 17:31.900 --> 17:33.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% down through you can see it carrying the 17:33.366 --> 17:34.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% canyon away as we speak. 17:34.900 --> 17:36.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: Yeah, water see is collected in the 17:36.366 --> 17:38.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% streams of course as it runs off the side. 17:38.266 --> 17:40.533 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% Few plants coming in there. 17:40.533 --> 17:42.166 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% There's some more of those Ponderosa Pines 17:42.166 --> 17:43.666 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% that we've been looking at over there. 17:43.666 --> 17:45.966 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% But frankly, when you get down at 17:45.966 --> 17:47.666 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% this level, you start thinking about 17:47.666 --> 17:51.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% another pine and it's Pinyon Pine. 17:51.666 --> 17:53.433 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Two needle or two leaf Pinyon Pine is the 17:53.433 --> 17:55.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% common name for that one. And needles in 17:55.700 --> 17:57.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bundles of two you can see that fairly 17:57.633 --> 18:00.633 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% clearly sort of a dark green color and 18:00.633 --> 18:03.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% a few Cones On, one of the conifers that 18:03.966 --> 18:05.133 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% that dominates here. 18:05.133 --> 18:07.166 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: Now the other would be the Utah Juniper 18:07.166 --> 18:09.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% which gives us the habitat its name. 18:09.300 --> 18:10.433 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Rudy: Absolutely right. And there's 18:10.433 --> 18:13.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Utah Juniper No, no question about that. 18:13.100 --> 18:15.733 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% With berry like cones on it, those 18:15.733 --> 18:17.233 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% things look more like berries than 18:17.233 --> 18:21.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% cones but in fact they are true cones, 18:21.000 --> 18:24.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% and Utah Juniper Pinyon Pine, 18:24.100 --> 18:25.500 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% as you've said, are the dominant woody 18:25.500 --> 18:27.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% plants but now look at all the shrubby 18:27.033 --> 18:28.066 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% things that are here. 18:28.066 --> 18:29.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: What's the one that has very sharp 18:29.633 --> 18:31.633 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% points almost a holly like leaf to 18:31.633 --> 18:32.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: it. One of the common names for 18:32.866 --> 18:35.900 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that is Fremont Barberry, you can see compound 18:35.900 --> 18:37.800 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% leaf with sharp edges. I mean, 18:37.800 --> 18:39.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% if you bump into that it's gonna 18:39.733 --> 18:41.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% stick a hole in you. There's no question 18:41.200 --> 18:43.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% about that. And that protects that plant 18:43.300 --> 18:45.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% as far as the food and in water that 18:45.533 --> 18:47.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's got in those leaves. Most animals don't 18:47.533 --> 18:49.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% tamper with that. I see a little 18:49.733 --> 18:52.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% sign of fall there, reddish color coming 18:52.266 --> 18:56.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% in on what's called Skunk Bush sometimes. 18:56.266 --> 18:58.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Scientific name is Rhus Trilobata. 18:58.400 --> 19:02.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% So it's one of the sumac three lobes 19:02.366 --> 19:05.200 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% see to the leaf. And you can see that 19:05.200 --> 19:06.233 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% we've gotten a little bit of autumn 19:06.233 --> 19:08.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% color coming in. And it's kind of nice 19:08.700 --> 19:10.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% this time of year. One of the yuccas 19:10.500 --> 19:12.200 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% two over there. Look at the Narrowleaf 19:12.200 --> 19:15.000 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Yucca see it very skinny leaf sharp 19:15.000 --> 19:17.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% edge and even some some fruit on that 19:17.833 --> 19:20.066 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% you see a little bit of fruit sticking up on that. 19:20.066 --> 19:21.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: The yucca of course a very common 19:21.533 --> 19:23.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% plant in the southwest and over 19:23.033 --> 19:26.533 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% 450 plants here in the park. That one is one 19:26.533 --> 19:28.266 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% of the Oaks I'm not sure which one. 19:28.266 --> 19:29.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Yeah, that's Gamble Oak, no doubt about it. 19:29.733 --> 19:31.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Look at the deep lobeing on those 19:31.666 --> 19:33.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% leaves and there's a little more fall color. 19:33.233 --> 19:34.733 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% You know, you see a little 19:34.733 --> 19:36.733 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% bit of yellow and brown. Those pigments were 19:36.733 --> 19:38.266 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% always in the leaf were 19:38.266 --> 19:39.933 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% masked by the chlorophyll and now 19:39.933 --> 19:41.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% they're beginning to show up as the 19:41.766 --> 19:43.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% chlorophyll goes away. Little bit of 19:43.200 --> 19:46.633 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% fruit on that too. Acorns in place and 19:46.633 --> 19:48.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% then something else it almost looks like fruit. 19:48.366 --> 19:51.233 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% The red on it. That is a gall. 19:51.233 --> 19:53.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% That's one of those little insect caused 19:53.600 --> 19:55.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% growths is a little wasp living inside there. 19:55.833 --> 19:57.500 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% I guess it would be easy 19:57.500 --> 19:59.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% sometimes to confuse that with maybe 19:59.266 --> 20:00.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% fruit on a plant but that's one of those 20:00.733 --> 20:02.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% parasite host relationships that's interesting. 20:02.533 --> 20:04.466 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% I see one more parasite 20:04.466 --> 20:06.400 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% host relationship mistletoe up in that 20:06.400 --> 20:08.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Utah Juniper there. See that cluster of 20:08.266 --> 20:09.733 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% things growing there? <Oh yes.> 20:09.733 --> 20:11.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that's another parasite host relationship. 20:11.233 --> 20:13.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% There are two plants now 20:13.533 --> 20:15.366 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% involved isn't that neat 20:15.366 --> 20:16.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: another shrub over here really the 20:16.733 --> 20:19.266 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% hands very small leaves. 20:19.266 --> 20:21.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Rudy: Alder Leaf Mountain Mahogany, we saw the 20:21.200 --> 20:23.800 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Curl Leaf Mountain Mahogany earlier, 20:23.800 --> 20:25.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Alder leaf because of the shape of 20:25.866 --> 20:27.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% those leaves, and just beyond it 20:27.533 --> 20:29.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% something called good common name, 20:29.300 --> 20:31.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Utah Serviceberry. Leaves look a little 20:31.966 --> 20:33.566 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% like that Mountain Mahogany, 20:33.566 --> 20:35.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% but they're wider you see in the 20:35.500 --> 20:36.966 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Mountain Mahogany Leaves, 20:36.966 --> 20:38.133 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Jim: Rudy right here at the edge of 20:38.133 --> 20:39.566 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% the trail, some bones. 20:39.566 --> 20:41.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Rudy: Oh, my goodness, and these bones. This is perfect. 20:41.366 --> 20:43.800 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% These two bones will give us 20:43.800 --> 20:46.800 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% an identification without any trouble at all. 20:46.800 --> 20:48.333 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Jim: Rudy how can you so quickly say 20:48.333 --> 20:50.533 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% it's going to be easy to tell what it is? 20:50.533 --> 20:51.833 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Rudy: Well, this is one of the bones called a 20:51.833 --> 20:53.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% metapodial bone and look at the end of it as 20:53.633 --> 20:55.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% you go down the shaft. You see this 20:55.100 --> 20:56.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% hand right here, there's a little 20:56.600 --> 20:58.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% articulation area with one little read 20:58.600 --> 21:01.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% right in the middle. This is one bone 21:01.233 --> 21:03.233 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% that leads to three toe bones. And when you've 21:03.233 --> 21:05.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% got a single one like this, 21:05.033 --> 21:07.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% there's only one toe at the end. 21:07.566 --> 21:08.800 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And there's only one animal that we've 21:08.800 --> 21:10.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% got that has one toe with the head. 21:10.633 --> 21:13.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And that's a horse. So this is one of the bones, 21:13.300 --> 21:15.633 align:left position:40% line:83% size:50% basically like the palm of 21:15.633 --> 21:18.066 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% your hand bones a metacarpal that was 21:18.066 --> 21:19.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% in the lower leg of a horse. Let me turn it over 21:19.966 --> 21:21.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% to I'll show you something else 21:21.200 --> 21:24.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% interesting horse runs on its middle 21:24.366 --> 21:26.866 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% toe so to speak. Here's a remnant of 21:26.866 --> 21:29.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% another toe, see that right here. 21:29.100 --> 21:30.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% See that running along the side. 21:30.666 --> 21:32.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And then there's actually a little space on the 21:32.000 --> 21:33.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% other side where there used to be 21:33.500 --> 21:35.900 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% another remnant of another toe. What's the other 21:35.900 --> 21:37.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% bone in your hand. The other one 21:37.466 --> 21:40.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% is called an Astragalus. This is a very, 21:40.066 --> 21:42.100 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% very hard bone. And you see 21:42.100 --> 21:43.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% those two little ridges on it. 21:43.733 --> 21:45.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And you'll see the way they're tilted at an 21:45.366 --> 21:47.566 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% angle a little bit. It's either tilted a 21:47.566 --> 21:48.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% little in an angle, they're not straight 21:48.966 --> 21:51.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% up and down. They're actually coming off 21:51.033 --> 21:53.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% at an angle like that. And the only 21:53.200 --> 21:55.566 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% animal that hasn't astragalus like this is a horse. 21:55.566 --> 21:57.466 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So this is a domesticated 21:57.466 --> 22:00.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% animal that was once right here, 22:00.033 --> 22:01.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: A horse has a single hoof the cow 22:01.833 --> 22:03.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% a cloven hoof. So it would make it much different. 22:03.866 --> 22:05.033 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% Rudy: Yeah, this bone would be 22:05.033 --> 22:06.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% split at the bottom instead of single. 22:06.966 --> 22:08.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: Where to from here? 22:08.766 --> 22:21.266 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Rudy: Well let's put these down in head back up top. 22:21.266 --> 22:22.733 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: We've come to the lowest point in 22:22.733 --> 22:25.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the park at 6600 feet all the way to 22:25.600 --> 22:29.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the highest point at over 9000 feet, 22:29.633 --> 22:32.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% also the end of that 18 mile park road. 22:32.100 --> 22:33.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Rudy: Now this is amazing too, 22:33.666 --> 22:35.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% because of the habitat changes that we've 22:35.033 --> 22:36.900 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% already talked about. And look at 22:36.900 --> 22:38.400 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the big trees right in front of us here 22:38.400 --> 22:40.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and I bet you this was Douglas Fir that 22:40.766 --> 22:43.566 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% grew to be a pretty good size, but not very old 22:43.566 --> 22:45.233 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% really when you compare it to 22:45.233 --> 22:47.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% other tree species right on this point. 22:47.766 --> 22:49.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Bristle Cone Pine is the one that's I 22:49.866 --> 22:51.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% guess known worldwide because of its age. 22:51.433 --> 22:53.766 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% It doesn't seem to die back 22:53.766 --> 22:55.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% one part'll die and it continues to grow 22:55.766 --> 22:56.700 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and grow and grow 22:56.700 --> 22:58.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: So unique tree and said to be one 22:58.500 --> 23:00.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% of the oldest trees on earth as far as that species. 23:00.966 --> 23:01.966 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% Rudy: And the way those needles grow 23:01.966 --> 23:03.466 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% it almost looks like the tail of a fox or 23:03.466 --> 23:05.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% something on the end pretty easily identified. 23:05.700 --> 23:07.566 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Jim: That tree in fact, they say 23:07.566 --> 23:11.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% 1600 years old Rudy. Rudy: It's amazing. 23:11.033 --> 23:12.500 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% Here's another Douglas Fir now that 23:12.500 --> 23:15.300 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% is living alive and well I see a few 23:15.300 --> 23:18.466 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% cones on it with those little little 23:18.466 --> 23:20.200 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% cracks between the scales that are so 23:20.200 --> 23:22.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% interesting and so typical. And then one 23:22.100 --> 23:24.166 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% that's typical of this forest, 23:24.166 --> 23:26.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% White Fir is the common name for it. 23:26.500 --> 23:29.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% The needles on that turn up you can see 23:29.433 --> 23:30.666 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% pretty clearly on the end of the 23:30.666 --> 23:32.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% branches there that was in trouble here 23:32.766 --> 23:34.766 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% because of a little moth it's it seems 23:34.766 --> 23:36.033 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% to be killing it back. 23:36.033 --> 23:37.566 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Jim: So name for the zone could be the 23:37.566 --> 23:39.000 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% Canadian zone. 23:39.000 --> 23:41.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% Rudy: Yeah. And look at the Quaking Aspen 23:41.300 --> 23:44.166 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% their beautiful white bark on it. 23:44.166 --> 23:47.466 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% Leaves just twittering in, the in 23:47.466 --> 23:49.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% the breeze trembling or quaking in the breeze. 23:49.700 --> 23:52.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% So the common name. Now the plant here. 23:52.100 --> 23:53.833 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% That's so typical of northern 23:53.833 --> 23:56.400 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% climbs and higher elevations, 23:56.400 --> 23:59.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% Ground Juniper or a Common Juniper related to 23:59.800 --> 24:01.900 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% that Utah Juniper that we saw earlier, 24:01.900 --> 24:04.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% but low growing. And then of course, 24:04.700 --> 24:06.333 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% the views when you get this high, 24:06.333 --> 24:09.233 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% you can see the stairstep of plateaus, 24:09.233 --> 24:19.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and the canyons off in the distance. 24:19.433 --> 24:21.100 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Jim: One of the men most responsible for 24:21.100 --> 24:23.600 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the park was J.W. Humphrey in 1915. 24:23.600 --> 24:25.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% When he first saw this view, 24:25.733 --> 24:27.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% his friends had to pull him back from the 24:27.500 --> 24:29.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% edge at the end of the day. 24:29.200 --> 24:30.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% Rudy: Well, this is a special place. 24:30.266 --> 24:31.700 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% There's no doubt about that. And thank goodness 24:31.700 --> 24:33.100 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% the National Park Service protects 24:33.100 --> 24:35.666 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% places like this and gives us access to 24:35.666 --> 24:37.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% them and some interpretation 24:37.466 --> 24:39.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and the variety of habitats here is spectacular, 24:39.100 --> 24:41.133 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% good mix of plants and animals. 24:41.133 --> 24:42.933 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% And of course, a wonderful 24:42.933 --> 24:44.733 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% geological story. Love the mix. 24:44.733 --> 24:46.466 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% Jim: Truly an incredible landscape 24:46.466 --> 24:49.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% here at Bryce Canyon National Park in 24:49.300 --> 24:52.033 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% southern Utah. 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