Sorry not sorry for all of the little fuzzy animal posts! Pikas are my favorite alpine-dwelling animals because of their adorable little ears and ability to survive the winter by hoarding plant material all summer and tunnelling under the snow during winter, and it helps that they are relatives of rabbits and hares (I love rabbits!). The American Pika is typically found at or above treeline in boulder fields in the American West. These little guys make a high pitched whistle, and you are much more likely to hear them than see them! Remember my "code red" list? Pikas are on it! Torrey and I had spent an entire week in the mountains, first in Rocky Mountain National Park, then in Great Sand Dunes National Park, and while we had seen a few pikas far off, we didn't get lucky enough to see one close up until the second to last day of our trip. We were sitting on some rocks atop Pike's Peak, waiting for Torrey's dad to finish the Pike's Peak Ascent, when we heard the whistle, saw movement on the rocks right in front of us, and dived for our cameras! This little guy was feet from us, and we couldn't get over it. Yay!
Leave me a comment below and tell me if you've ever seen a pika in person. Aren't they cute??
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