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Pika gathering food for winter 7892
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Pika gathering food for winter 7892
Pika preparing for 8 month winter of +20 feet of snow at 12,000 feet elevation.
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 LesTensionUnited States wrote: Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 7:40 PM

I see you shot at 800+mm but how close did you manage to get to this little fella? Were you able to access them easily from the road or did this require a bit of hiking through the alpine tundra?
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Mike,

As close as 20 feet. Not far from road. As you may know, pika live at high elevations while making their home in talus slopes. See interesting link>>> http://ipnews.firstdaystory.com/atf.php?sid=784

Al Perry