A yellow-bellied marmot pausing to lick minerals from the rock—captured near the summit on a sunny afternoon.
Encounters like this remind me why I always bring my camera above treeline.
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Thanks for the striking picture of this magnificent #marmot.
"I am not capybara #315. I am a free marmot."
#MarmotMonday Vancouver Island baby marmot and adult touching noses (a form of greeting). I took this photo a couple of years ago in the wilderness on Vancouver Island. This is an endangered species endemic to this island.
Spot the marmot in this alpine meadow on Vancouver Island!
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Marmot showing off its beauty at Mt. Rainier national park. Love the little hands and the teeth.
#MountainMonday In the alpine meadows of Vancouver Island lives the rarest marmot on the planet: the Vancouver Island marmot. There are about 300 VI marmots. If you spot one of them while hiking, please report the exact location to the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation.
At the nomad camp in Mongolia, I spotted small rodents darting in and out of burrows. After some research, I believe they were Tarbagan marmots.
May 17 is #EndangeredSpeciesDay - The Vancouver Island marmot is the most endangered mammal in Canada. It is endemic to Vancouver Island where there are about 300 of them living in the alpine meadows.
A program of reproduction in captivity started over 20 yrs ago when there were less than 30 marmots in the wilderness. Learn more (& donate if you can) here: https://marmots.org/
The Vancouver Island marmot is endemic to Vancouver Island. It is listed as an endangered species: there is about 300 marmots in the mountains.
They are coming out of hibernation this month. If you see a Vancouver Island marmot while hiking here, please report your sightings to the Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation.
Here’s a video I created about the rarest marmot in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_oYUNNBzU0
marmot curling rules: one throws and rides, the other sweeps and slides
#GroundhogDay
A Vancouver Island marmot in its pantry. They eat those white flowers called pearly everlasting.
Today is #GroundhogDay
Did you know that the Vancouver Island marmot is the most endangered land mammal in Canada? Help save the marmot. Please consider a donation to the Marmot Recovery Foundation: https://marmots.org/how-you-can-help/donate-now/