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Here is another series of one of my absolute favorite mammals to photograph, the mighty Pika. During the summer months they spend much of their days gathering tundra grasses, flowers and forbs to store in their food caches for the long winter in the high alpine. They actually make decisions about what to gather and in what order based on their needs. There is no way to fully understand their choices except some of the vegetation is antimicrobial and is used as a preservative. Sometimes they just sit on rocks sunning themselves and then let out a shrill bark to alert the colony to any dangers.

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