Images Dated 29th August 2006

Himalayan Marmots - at the burrow entrance

JVG-3516
Himalayan Marmots - at the burrow entrance.
TsoKar basin, Ladakh Changthang, India
Marmota himalayana
Joanna Van Gruisen
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Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation to be used as food in winter, stores food in small piles of hay beneath boulders

CAN-2683
Pika / Cony - Leaf in mouth, storing vegetation to be used as food in winter, stores food in small piles of "hay" beneath boulders
Colorado, USA
Ochotona princeps
Inhabits talus slopes and rock slides usually near timberline and high mountains. Lives in colonies. Each pika has a territory within the colony at least in autumn. Related to rabbits. Feeds on grasses and herbs. Stores food in small piles of "hay" beneath boulders. Does not hibernate, spends the winter surviving on stored food often beneath a thick cover of snow. Makes a series of whistle-like calls.
John Cancalosi
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Jacky Winter

DH-3856
Jacky Winter
Along the Gibb River Road near Mt Barnett, Kimberley, Western Australia.
Microeca fascinans pallida
Don Hadden
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