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Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) at Mount Rainier

10,000 Birds

And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation. The “hoary&# part of their common name refers to the extremely pale fur on their back. Anyway, about half of the pictures here were taken by Daisy and the other half by me. … a.