Showing posts with label Marmota caligata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marmota caligata. Show all posts
Thursday, July 28, 2022

Melting Marmots

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Day 288: Even the marmots are melting. I took this photo before the hot spell settled in and drove the mercury above 90 degrees, but daytime...
Sunday, September 8, 2019

Sectional Marmot

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Day 330: Marmots (Marmota caligata) are common in the subalpine zone and are quite acclimatized to hikers, so I wasn't the least bit ...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Morris Marmots

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Day 273: Some photos just beg for captions. With roughly twenty marmots engaged in social activities on a scree slope smaller than a post...
Friday, September 15, 2017

In Your Face, Ranger Lady!

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Day 337: When I arrived at the Stevens-VanTrump monument near the top of my MeadoWatch hike, I noticed a man eating a sandwich and a mar...
Monday, August 14, 2017

Marmot Jr.

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Day 305: The Berkeley bears didn't make an appearance during my hike to Lodi Creek making this the first time in several years that ...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Marmota Caligata, Hoary Marmot

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Day 302: The Hoary Marmot is one of more than a dozen species of Marmot which occur worldwide. Six species are known to occur in the US, ...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Hoary Marmot

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Day 258: Even seasoned photographers can't resist taking pictures of the Park's most commonly observed mammal. Hoary Marmots are...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Whistle-pig

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Day 260: You'd think Hoary Marmots didn't have a care in the world, lounging around on the rocks in the "Sound-of-Music...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Whistle-Pig

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Day 338: If ever a critter could be said to be iconic of a National Park, the Hoary Marmot would surely take first prize at Mount Rainier...