Saboteur | Boolie

For over four years I photographed many mammals with my Canon 20D: from the humans, cats, and dogs of our home to the deer, elk, and bears that share my hiking trails. And always the furry little critters that run underfoot: chipmunks, squirrels, rabbits, pikas, and marmots.

This marmot on the Skyline Trail was literally the last mammal the camera photographed as the shutter died while I took pictures as it dined on nearby grasses. A moment before it had been preening on these rocks as the fog rolled past.

A saboteur in furry form? Perhaps, but an awfully cute one.

2 thoughts on “Saboteur”

Oh, Mr. Lonely, who eats and rests alone, was the last one…. I thought the four big marmots on the rock in the colony were the suspects!

Boolie on October 7, 2009 at 6:26 am said:

I’m not ruling out any suspects at this point. This was the last marmot, but the Gang of Four could have done the damage and the camera held on valiantly until it could photograph one last innocent subject.

I’ll have a picture of the four soon so you can judge for yourself :)

Akemi on October 6, 2009 at 4:28 pm said:

Oh, Mr. Lonely, who eats and rests alone, was the last one…. I thought the four big marmots on the rock in the colony were the suspects!
- Boolie on October 7, 2009 at 6:26 am said:
  
  I’m not ruling out any suspects at this point. This was the last marmot, but the Gang of Four could have done the damage and the camera held on valiantly until it could photograph one last innocent subject.
  
  I’ll have a picture of the four soon so you can judge for yourself :)