Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hope you didn't pick up any fleas from the critter! s. On Jun 5, 2008, at 6:52 AM, wildlightphoto@earthlink.net wrote: > Gary Pinkerton <gpinkcp@msn.com> wrote: > >> Looks like you're getting the hang of this wildlife photography >> thing :) > > Thanks all for your comments on this photo. The marmots can be a > bit of a pest when they burrow under buildings, and the entire camp > where I was staying had a load of marmot turds on nearly every > exterior horizontal surface. One person was employed for several > days power-washing the exteriors, mostly to get rid of the marmot > crap. > > Fortunately the Yellow-bellied Marmot tends to burrow under > sheltering stones or logs rather than on open ground so horse > injuries due to stepping in marmot burrows are less a problem than > in Ground Hog/Woodchuck or Prairie Dog habitat. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information