The Snowshoe Hare

My latest interest is in the smaller animals around here.  Winter snow tracking can help find the critters and I’ve started keeping my eye out for Marten tracks, which I’ve yet to find.  Today was a beautiful clear day running around 17 degrees when I started out on a snowshoe trek.  I’d heard from a [...]

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Pika news

So my cute little friend has continued to hang around.  He/she has eaten most of the wild tomato plants around and seems to be gathering grass seed heads.  I’ve been testing him on a few foods.  So far he likes lettuce, a lot; carrot greens, why of course, he’s a lagomorph; and kale; but he [...]

Pikas are sooo cute

    Well folks, truthfully I’ve only seen Pikas in talus at about 10,000 feet, scampering about, making their characteristic whistle-calls.  So when I saw this little lagomorph at my new back door the other day, I was confused and thought it was some tiny bunny or something.  Some bunny species I wasn’t familiar with. [...]

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