I was hoping to catch the marmot with out all the rock dust on him. It rained pretty hard last night but when he finally showed up he just had fresh rock dust on him. While waiting a Vulture flew by checking out what I was doing.
In the air and on the rocks, good stuff Roger, appears your Marmot isn't suffering from and food shortage! Vulture shot #1 v.nice, #2 with a much lighter BG would work
Karl Witt wrote:
In the air and on the rocks, good stuff Roger, appears your Marmot isn't suffering from and food shortage! Vulture shot #1 v.nice, #2 with a much lighter BG would work
Karl
Thanks for the idea Karl, I lightened it up some. He does look like he need to go on a diet.
raymondjbarlow wrote:
cool shots! I have never heard of a marmot!
He is a little information about them Raymond.
Yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris) are sciurid rodents who are related to ground squirrels and prairie dogs.
Yellow-bellied marmots have a "harem-polygynous" social system whereby a male defends and mates with one or more females in a subalpine meadow. Female daughters may not disperse and may settle around their mothers. Sons invariably disperse as yearlings and try to find and defend one or more females. Females tend to breed as 2-year olds. Litter sizes average a bit over four pups, of which about half survive their first year.
Several nice captures. That marmot looks like his bite would put a SERIOUS hurtin' on his target. The turkey vulture also looks great. They're big and fly a nice graceful pattern that allows for some great captures for those patient enough to wait until they get close.
"My, what big teeth you have." comes to mind for some odd reason.
