Vancouver Island Marmot (juvenile)
Mount Washington (BC). Critically endangered with just over 250 marmots remaining in the wild. I was very fortunate to find a family of 3 after much hiking. Thanks to the local conservation group going through my pictures they were able to determine that mom is a female named Bluebell, dad is an untagged male of unknown origin (although there was some debate that it could be a male named Hobbs that maybe cleanly lost his tags) and this newly emerged little pup … discovered by me and not yet named. Huge thanks to the Marmot Recovery Foundation for all the work they do and making my memorable experience possible.
Vancouver Island Marmot (juvenile)
Mount Washington (BC). Critically endangered with just over 250 marmots remaining in the wild. I was very fortunate to find a family of 3 after much hiking. Thanks to the local conservation group going through my pictures they were able to determine that mom is a female named Bluebell, dad is an untagged male of unknown origin (although there was some debate that it could be a male named Hobbs that maybe cleanly lost his tags) and this newly emerged little pup … discovered by me and not yet named. Huge thanks to the Marmot Recovery Foundation for all the work they do and making my memorable experience possible.