Sky (Yung-Hsiang) Lan, a postdoc, readies ropes and gear for climbing the tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-001
Sky Lan and the large western hemlock tree which will be climbed for the dwarf mistletoe study
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-002
Graduate student Stephen Calkins (left) and postdoc Sky Lan (right) prepare and check gear for climbing into the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-003
Stephen Calkins (left) and Sky Lan (right) start to pull their rope into the tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-004
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) gear check before their climb into the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-005
Looking UP into the western hemlock tree that will be climbed as part of the dwarf mistletoe survey
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-006
Stephen Calkins prepares his climbing harness
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-007
Stephen Calkins ascends into the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-008
Stephen Calkins ascends into the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-009
Stephen Calkins ascends into the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-010
Climbing rope
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-011
Sky Lan ties and checks knots in her climbing rope
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-012
Sky Lan checks and readies her climbing rope
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-013
Carabiners (beeners as Sky fondly called them) and a descender, used for working in the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-014
Because the distance makes it hard to hear, Sky and Stephen use radios to communicate between the tree crown and the ground.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-015
Carabiners and climbing gear
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-016
Sky Lan prepares for her climb into the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-017
To do field work in the canopy of the forest it takes time, planning, and a lot of climbing gear and rope.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-018
Sky Lan prepares her gear for her climb into the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-019
A close up of the climbing gear
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-020
Sky Lan starts her climb
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-021
Sky Lan climbing into the canopy to start her day of field work in the crown of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-022
Looking down into the understory, from midway up the trunk of the western hemlock
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-023
Looking down into the understory, from midway up the trunk of the western hemlock
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-024
Lina DiGregorio (the photographer for this series), amazed, and midway up the climb into the canopy
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-025
Sky Lan, ever cheerful, mid-climb into the canopy of a very tall western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-026
Looking across at the mid-canopy layer in the forest: dead tree snags, douglas fir and western hemlock trees.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-027
Looking DOWN the tree trunk as we climbed. For scale, note the backpacks on the ground.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-028
Graduate student Stephen Calkins high in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-029
Looking down into the upper and mid-canopy of the forest
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-030
Stephen Calkins inspects a witches' broom, a branch infected by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-031
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) assess and record data on dwarf mistletoe in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-032
Sky Lan in the high canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-033
Sky Lan in the high canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-034
Looking down into the upper and mid-canopy of the forest. We can see the lacy branching of western hemlock trees nearby
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-035
Stephen Calkins measures the size of the mistletoe broom--the part of branch affected and deformed by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-036
Sky Lan records data about dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-037
Stephen Calkins measures the size of the mistletoe broom--the part of branch affected and deformed by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-038
Looking across into the canopy of the forest. In the top right of the photo, nearby, is a dwarf mistletoe broom.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-039
Looking down into the upper and mid-canopy of the forest. We can see the lacy branching of western hemlock trees nearby
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-040
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) assess and record data on dwarf mistletoe in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-041
A close up of Stephen's gear
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-042
Stephen Calkins high in the canopy of a western hemlock tree, where he studies the affects of dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-043
Safety first!
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-044
Fruting bodies of western dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-045
Stephen Calkins holds fruiting bodies of the dwarf mistletoe plant: the female plant is on the left, the male on the right
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-046
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) keep a positive work atmosphere
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-047
Sky Lan records data about dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-048
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) assess and record data on dwarf mistletoe in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-049
Looking down through the canopy of the forest
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-050
Looking down through the canopy of the forest
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-051
Lina DiGregorio (Andrews Forest LTER Coordinator) with her camera gear
Photographed by Sky Lan ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-052
Stephen Calkins measures the size of the mistletoe broom--the part of branch affected and deformed by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-053
Sky Lan (left) and Stephen Calkins (right) assess and record data on dwarf mistletoe in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-054
Stephen Calkins does his research high in the canopy of the forest
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-055
Using a laser rangefinder to record distances and branch lengths
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-056
Looking across at the mid-canopy layer in the forest: dead tree snags, douglas fir and western hemlock trees.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-057
Sky Lan, at ease in the canopy of a western hemlock tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-058
Postdoc Sky (Yung-Hsiang) Lan, and graduate student Stephen Calkins
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-059
Sky Lan, with climbing gear, safety equipment, and fieldwork supplies
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-060
recording data, 1000 feet up
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-061
recording data
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-062
Sky Lan, with climbing gear, safety equipment, and fieldwork supplies
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-063
close up of gear
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-064
Stephen Calkins measures the size of the mistletoe broom--the part of branch affected and deformed by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-065
The female fruiting body of a dwarf mistletoe plant
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-066
The male fruting body of a dwarf mistletoe plant
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-067
Looking down, way down. Note the blue backpack on the ground at the base of the tree.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-068
Stephen Calkins measures the size of the mistletoe broom--the part of branch affected and deformed by dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-069
A dwarf mistletoe broom
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-070
recording data, 1000 feet up
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-071
inspecting a branch to see if it is infected with dwarf mistletoe
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-072
Using a compass to assess orientation of mistletoe-infected branches on a tree
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-073
Lina DiGregorio (left) photographing in the canopy, and Sky Lan (right)
Photographed by Stephen Caulkins ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-074
Stephen Calkins, Lina DiGregorio, Sky Lan
Photographed by Stephen Caulkins ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-075
Lina DiGregorio, ready to descend back to the ground after photographing Stephen's and Sky's field work in the canopy
Photographed by Stephen Caulkins ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-076
Looking back up the tree, just after the climb
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-077
Sky Lan and Stephen Calkins in the canopy. Photo taken from the ground with a zoom lens.
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-078
The tree, in the center, is where Sky and Stephen were doing their work on this particular day and where the photos were taken
Photographed by Lina DiGregorio ..... Date: 7/17/2019 ..... Photo: AEQ-079