Collared Pika
Pika are the high country's barometers. They evolved for a cold environment, and a simple rise of a degree in average temperature stresses them. Stress for a Pika means death. Given that, they are in trouble in the Rocky Mountains.
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This Pika is sitting in a bouquet of colors. That bouquet are the lichens, their colors accentuated by the fog.
PikaDenali National ParkAlaskamammalRodentCollared PikaOchotona collarisRock RabbitWhistling HareConeyLittle Chief HareSeptember
