Sunday, September 13, 2015

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©2015 Lydia Hinshaw

Smooching marmots

 ESTES PARK, CO -- Some wildlife photography requires way more patience than I have.
 You will not catch me standing around in the snow all day waiting for a wolf to pass by, as one of my young friends often does.
 That's why I love marmots.  They seem to love being photographed.  One of these yellow-bellied marmots posed against the sky atop a pile of volcanic rocks in Rocky Mountain National Park Saturday while I fired away.
 When he finally scampered down the rocks and out of sight, I figured he was gone for the day, or at least the hour.
 Instead he quickly popped back into view with a friend, and the two of them gave me several more minutes of cuteness.



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