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.

This is another photo of a Pika ready for bed. The day was wet. The time was late. The mood was heavy. Yet this little fellow just had to have one more bite of moss before bed.

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This is another photo of a Pika ready for bed. The day was wet. The time was late. The mood was heavy. Yet this little fellow just had to have one more bite of moss before bed.

Hatchers Pass Alaska Moss Pika Mammal Collared Pika Ochotona collaris Rock Rabbit Whistling Hare Coney Little Chief Hare July Grass

Tracey Harmon Photography

Collared Pika