Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) at Mount Rainier
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2011
And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation. Their warning whistles when danger approach are one of the coolest noises one is likely to hear when exploring northwestern mountaintops.
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