A tiny subalpine sentinel pausing on the talus. 🏔️

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I love hearing pikas vocalize! These little rabbit relatives are hard at work now. During the short alpine summer, they gather plants to dry in the sun and then live off these during the long winters. They don't hibernate.

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Got to watch pikas darting about, collecting vegetation and calling out from the rocks. Always a highlight for me!

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