Pica - Alias "Rock Rabbit"
Jun 6, 2021 09:39:59 #
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Jun 6, 2021 10:07:28 #
Love these!!! I haven't been very successful trying to photograph these little guys. They move so fast!!! You have captured some great shots.
Rowedean
Rowedean
Jun 6, 2021 10:26:50 #
Jun 6, 2021 10:54:26 #
PIKAs are very successful species (fossils found from Upper Oligocene) populating mountain talus slopes above the timberline. They are hardly visible, mostly when they carry a chunk of grass they collect. Could be recognized by their high-pitched warning sound which is higher than a much larger animal, marmot.
Good lucky shots, Jederick!
Good lucky shots, Jederick!
Jun 6, 2021 11:39:57 #
Great shots of this little guy. Were all of those big guns in the last photo shooting him ????
Jun 6, 2021 12:50:44 #
Jun 6, 2021 12:52:14 #
roder10 wrote:
Love these!!! I haven't been very successful trying to photograph these little guys. They move so fast!!! You have captured some great shots.
Rowedean
Rowedean
Thank you very much, roder...these are probably my best pictures from many years of photographing these little devils!!
Jun 6, 2021 12:53:44 #
UTMike wrote:
Wonderful set, Jim! More fun than birds.
It was this morning, Mike...anytime I can get a sharp photo of one of these Picas is a good day for me!!
Jun 6, 2021 12:55:34 #
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
PIKAs are very successful species (fossils found from Upper Oligocene) populating mountain talus slopes above the timberline. They are hardly visible, mostly when they carry a chunk of grass they collect. Could be recognized by their high-pitched warning sound which is higher than a much larger animal, marmot.
Good lucky shots, Jederick!
Good lucky shots, Jederick!
Thanks for the info, Paul and luck is the one of the main ingredients in wildlife photography!!
Jun 6, 2021 12:58:47 #
Hereford wrote:
Great shots of this little guy. Were all of those big guns in the last photo shooting him ????
Yes they were and that was only a small part of the crowd...most of us had begun walking the trail back to the small pull-out in the trees when I turned around and snapped this shot.
Jun 6, 2021 15:30:22 #
Ballard
Loc: Grass Valley, California
jederick wrote:
Live primarily in talus slopes in alpine meadows o... (show quote)
Nice images of Pica's. I've seen these little guys in the High Sierra's while backpacking (mainly above 9000 ft). They would make a lot of noise just after sunset with there calls.
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