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Manning Park has two marmot species, the Hoary Marmot at higher elevations and the Yellow-bellied Marmot lower down. I made this shot along the access road to the alpine meadows.

On this visit the high country was still snowed in, but there is plenty of wildlife to be found lower down. At various times over the years, between highway level and the alpine, I have seen the following: Mule Deer, Grey Wolf, Coyote, Snowshoe Hare, Beaver, Spotted Frog, Canada Jay, Dusky Grouse, Black Bear, Clark's Nutcracker, Common Raven, Goshawk, Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel, Red Squirrel, Yellow-pine Chipmunk, and Yellow-bellied Marmot. I'm probably forgetting some.

This marmot wasn't afraid of me and we had a great old time scrambling around the rock piles and steep meadows. I thought it would be interesting to show the two species side by side (see yesterday's shot of a Hoary Marmot).

Tomorrow: yet another reason why I'm fond of this park...

Photographed in Manning Provincial Park, BC (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2009 James R. Page - all rights reserved.

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Early morning at Desertview Overlook, Grand Canyon National Park

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So this was the first of the 5 little Canada goslings to jump off the roof of my barn yesterday. I knew this was going to be happening sometime yesterday so I had, the day before, set up a spot where I would be able to just sit and watch and wait.

I knew exactly where they would jump down from (it's only an 8 ft drop) but it was just a matter of when.

I woke up a little before 6 AM yesterday morning, grabbed my binoculars to check if the geese were still on my barn roof which they were, then I took care of all my animals, brushed my teeth, got dressed, grabbed my camera and a couple extra batteries and planted myself in the spot I had chosen to watch from.

I waited about 6 hours for the event to happen but I didn't mind the wait. And to clarify, it didn't take 6 hours for the goslings to jump. Once they got started it was a matter of seconds but It was so worth it to me to get to see this happen. I purposely am not zooming in on the gosling that's falling because the siblings watching from above on the roof are, in my opinion, an important part of the story.

They watched so intently and it was amazing to me how the goslings were very quick to get down to business and jump, one after the other until they'd all made it down to where mom and dad were waiting, then they all left and headed for one of my neighbor's ponds.

I got good shots of the 1st, 2nd and 5th goslings jumping down but for the 3rd and 4th goslings, the photos were crap. I was so mad. But at least 3 out of the 5 turned out good, I don't know what I did on those 2 that didn't turn out but it is what it is. I'm happy for what I got.

Lots of people probably don't care a bit about watching geese leave a nest but this event was for me a real highlight. Anything in nature like this is what thrills me to the bone.

So in the next few days I'll be sharing some images with you that I got yesterday. So stay tuned. Or don't. Whatever floats your boat :-)

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