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Snowy Pika Scene
As I’ve written about a few times, I’m on a quest to photograph an American Pika in its winter habitat: on a snowy rock, with snowy mountain peaks in the background. This is my best version yet. I had visited this spot a week prior and got some decent shots of pikas in the snow,…
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Snowy Wren
I usually associate Rock Wrens with places that are warm year round, but they’re actually found all the way up to 10,000 and as far north as British Columbia. These populations migrate downslope or south for the winter. This one must have just returned to the High Sierra, following the melting snow back to its…
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Emerging
An American Pika emerges from its talus home as it waits for the remaining snow to melt and the summer haying season to begin.
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Dinner and a View
I’ve long believed that restaurants with the best views have the worst food. This American Pika begs to differ. (Pikas maximize their energy intake by redigesting their own feces, so it’s likely their culinary opinions shouldn’t be taken too seriously.)