{"id":3960,"date":"2012-10-20T16:35:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-20T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2012-11-01T18:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:57:17","slug":"rocky-mountains-august-2011-marmots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3960","title":{"rendered":"Rocky Mountains &#8211; August 2011 &#8211; Marmots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rocky Mountains previous:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3905\">Day one<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3912\">Day two<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3947\">Ground squirrel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These marmots live on the plateau near the Snowbird Pass. We saw three of them.<br \/>\nThe first one grazed on the meadow and demonstrated ignorance by stubbornly facing its heavy bottom on me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0503_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-on-the-meadow_art?IMID=e2d5d25c-5ddd-40cc-9228-fb1ab88dd718\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more marmots--><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0505_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-on-the-meadow_art?IMID=526cf8db-2cfe-4cae-847b-eb5a9f3fd015\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0501_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second one, obviously younger and more cautious, lurked in the bushes. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0506_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-om-the-meadow_art?IMID=1f0ea3fa-3a13-4623-ae2a-7d771c13c49a\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The third one sat on the watch stone, proud as a king on the throne, but as we approached quickly moved to behind the rock. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0510_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was no real burrow under the rock, just a little whole in the ground, so we could see the nose under the stone. Teeth, actually. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0515_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are patient, and not trying to follow marmot into the burrow, it soon comes to wonder on you. They are very curios. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0518_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-in-the-burrow_art?IMID=fe630fd6-1acd-4fe7-8c5c-f976ff29f070\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0520_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0519_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the other side of marmot&#8217;s rock a dismayed ground squirrel tried to hide. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0514_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We left finally. Animals were happy. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0524_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"menu1\">\n<ul id=\"stores\" class=\"clearfix rMenu-hor rMenu\">\n<li class=\"page_item\"><a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-under-the-rock_art?IMID=a0976e61-e18f-45e4-ad40-0057d8a809c9\" target=\"_blank\">Buy prints of this picture on Imagekind<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>To be continued:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3966\">Day three<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3968\">Day four &#8211; first half<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3970\">Day four &#8211; second half<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3972\">Day five<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3974\">Pika<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3976\">Day six<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3978\">Day seven -Sentinel Pass<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3980\">Sentinel Pass &#8211; Ground Squirrel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3982\">Rockies Fungi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rocky Mountains previous: <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3905\">Day one<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3912\">Day two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3947\">Ground squirrel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These marmots live on the plateau near the Snowbird Pass. We saw three of them. The first one grazed on the meadow and demonstrated ignorance by stubbornly facing its heavy bottom on me.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1226.photobucket.com\/albums\/ee411\/ypolosin\/Mt%20Robson\/DSC_0503_marmot.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <a title=\"Buy now!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=702555&#038;b=164765&#038;m=10782&#038;afftrack=mcblog&#038;urllink=www.imagekind.com\/Marmot-on-the-meadow_art?IMID=e2d5d25c-5ddd-40cc-9228-fb1ab88dd718\" target=\"_blank\">Buy <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=3960\">Rocky Mountains &#8211; August 2011 &#8211; Marmots<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[320,317,328],"tags":[325,314,324,338,321,322,323,330],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}