Small Mammals

[mikekeck]

I would like to make this a thread for posting photos of small mammals. This photo is of a Yellowbelly Marmot (Rodentia) near Taylor Park, Colorado.
Canon 5D iv, 100-400L ii, 1.4x iii, at 560 mm, ISO 1600, F9, 1/800.

 

[Maximilian]

Nice idea for a thread, Mike. Thanks.

Here is my really small contribution:

 

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Mike and Maximilian,

Nice shots, guys!

 

[mikekeck]

American Pika, near Taylor Park, Colorado. In case anyone is not familiar with them, Pikas are not rodents (Order Rodentia) but lagomporphs (Order Lagomorpha), along with rabbits and hares.
5D iv, 100 - 400L ii, 1.4x iii, at 560 mm, ISO 400, F 9, 1/1000

 

[bhf3737]

Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus) hiding in the branches and quite hard to spot.
Much smaller than the other chipmunks.

 

[bhf3737]

A muskrat swimming in shallow water.

 

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Mikeheck and bhf3737,

Very nice shots, guys.

 

[dpc]

Bunny under a bush (a hosta, actually)

 

[dpc]

Richardson's ground squirrel

 

[Click]

Nice shots, dpc,

 

[dpc]

Black-tailed prairie dogView attachment 185896

 

[dpc]

 

[dpc]

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

 

[bhf3737]

A squirrel with a pine cone larger than its mouth!

 

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Very nice series.

Golden-mantled ground squirrel

So cute! Nicely done dpc.

 

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Nice shot, bhf3737.

 

[mikekeck]

Desert Cottontail. Lathrop State Park, Colorado.

5D iv, 100-400L ii, 1.4x iii, at 338mm, ISO 3200, F9, 1/320

 

[Click]

Vey nice shot.

Well done, Mike.

 

[dpc]

Suburbanite: Richardson's ground squirrel with a burrow in a parking lot.

 

[dpc]

Columbian ground squirrel