Otto Rath wrote:
Hello Birdman, your yellowbellied marmot shot is a beautiful animal-portrait. they have relatives in swiss mountains: Murmeltiere (or "Murmeli" in swiss-german).
Also called Mungg in Central Switzerland Engelberger dialect And they have other cousins in the Pyrennées (between France and spain) http://tinyurl.com/6dbbqy I love yours Doug and I know why :-) <http://tinyurl.com/6dbbqy>Phx
Here in Ontario we have a winter custom: if the tame groundhog comes out of his burrow and sees it's shadow, there will be several more weeks of winter. your amazing Leitz 560mm Telyt is one sharp glass! greetings Otto --- "wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:The Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris), basically a large ground squirrel, is a common sight in the western mountains, where it can be found grazing on veggies, basking on rocks or logs, and when alarmed gives ashrill whistle earning them the name "whistle pig". Other North Americanmarmots include the Hoary Marmot of the northwest and Alaska, and the Ground Hog in the eastern part of the continent.http://www.wildlightphoto.com/mammals/rodents/ybma03.jpgTechnical stuff: R8/DMR, 560mm f/6.8 Telyt with UET-R extension tube shoulder stock & monopod May 29 2008 Lassen Volcanic National Park, California All comments welcome. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com--------------------------------------------------------------------mail2web.com - What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/__________________________________________________________________ Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new Yahoo! Mail. Click on Options in Mail and switch to New Mail today or register for free at http://mail.yahoo.ca ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/