I found floofballs in a far-away land

"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion) 08/07/2020 at 22:40 • Filed to: None

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Final count?

10 mountain goats.

19 Marmot (Marmots..?). Is Marmot already plural?

Numerous small rodents.

1... Uh... Raven? It looked exactly like a crow, if a crow was the size of a bald eagle.

0 mosquitos. 80° today, but apparently 30° yesterday. Guess that's hard on bugs?  

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 22:47

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That’s a lot of high altitude floof.

lone_liberal > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 22:49

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Marmots can micromanage a little too much for my tastes. This one tried to tell my wife how to do her spreadsheets.

Dr_Watson > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 22:52

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Marmots look like giant squirrels. Or fluffy tailed beavers.

Beefchips > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 23:07

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Marmøttë n.

And y ep , r avens are indeed eagle- sized crows. Or maybe crows are pigeon-sized ravens.

I mpressive scenery !

jminer > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 23:08

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Your m armots look a lot like the groundhogs/woodchucks that we have here in the midwest.

A quick google tells me they’re very closely related.

Those pictures are beautiful and make me very jealous.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > AestheticsInMotion 08/07/2020 at 23:10

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I think it’s marmots, and those things are MEAN like beavers...

Amazing scenery; I’m wondering where you went - North C ascades? Olympics? Rainier? Baker?

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr_Watson 08/07/2020 at 23:11

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More like fluffy-tailed dry land versions of beavers, with a similar murderous streak.

AestheticsInMotion > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/07/2020 at 23:36

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These ones are as friendly as dogs. Definitely been around too many people

Rainier, paradise to be specific 

AestheticsInMotion > Beefchips 08/07/2020 at 23:36

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First time seeing one in person. Pretty impressive 

phenotyp > AestheticsInMotion 08/08/2020 at 01:40

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Snowbound floof is best floof. 

Cé hé sin > AestheticsInMotion 08/08/2020 at 05:31

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In marmot news, they’re fat and hibernate. This means that they are (or were) a handy food source in winter. You can just haul your comatose marmot out o f its hidey hole and boil it without much further ado.

My bird IS the word > AestheticsInMotion 08/08/2020 at 08:43

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Hey look, a super groundhog!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > AestheticsInMotion 08/08/2020 at 12:20

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Now I’m curious about these friendly marmots. The ones in Yellowstone are angry little things. Mind you, I haven’t seen them often anywhere, certainly not as many as you saw.

Considering how busy that area is, I’m not surprised that they’re accustomed to people.

AestheticsInMotion > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 08/08/2020 at 12:40

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Yeah, I have to imagine it's only because they all get fed by tourists 

sn4cktimes > AestheticsInMotion 08/09/2020 at 20:04

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Here in Alberta we have Ravens, Crows, Magpies, and a couple of types of Jays. The Ravens get bigger the farther north you go until they hit the “3 of them can chase a coyote away from a carcass size”. The Crows like to harass other birds. Magpies are like teen hooligans, always messing with things, and the Jays mostly keep to themselves and sometimes yell at each other. I’m a big fan of Corvids in general. They are cool birds.

Marmots are fun to see in the wild. I like seeing / hearing Pika’s up in the mountains too.