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I live near the 14,000-foot Mount Evans in Colorado and travel up the mountain several times a summer to enjoy the scenery and watch wildlife. I occasionally see American pikas, but it’s difficult to get a good view of these small and quick animals. Pikas are relatives of rabbits and hares who live at high elevations. They are threatened by our warming climate and many have already disappeared from their former habitats, like Zion National Park in Utah.
I recently discovered a rocky area that appeared to be a pika village. I was very excited—I had been trying to photograph pikas for a while but none of the photos turned out well. I sat on a rock and waited for the noisy guys to come out of hiding. I was rewarded with sightings of pikas scurrying around and collecting their winter stash of grasses and flowers. One perched on a rock and squeaked to warn his neighbors about a nearby weasel. Until I reviewed the photos at home, I had not realized that I’d captured a pika mid-chirp. That was even more exciting!
—Ann Zimmerman, Idaho Springs, Colorado
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