![]() The best part of this was when he reached the Gothic Road-which was covered with between 1 and 2 meters of snow-and looked both ways before crossing. But what he was really after was a mouthful of dry plants that he determinately brought back to his burrow. Over the past two days I watched Dandy wander around checking out burrows that might contain his other wives. A number of his children with Stitches (his main wife and hibernaculum mate) popped up and began to play (which is great for training folks). Only one group was up when we got here and others are starting to emerge slowly.ĭandelion-RMBL's resident alpha male emerged a few days before we arrived and when we started looking at him last Thursday, was just starting to explore town. Everyone is GREAT! And, I have to say that the marmots and weather have been very accommodating. I've spent the past days training up the new members of our spring crew (Karen, Megan and Sam) who along with two returnees (Dana and Gina) will be responsible for documenting emergence from hibernation, looking for any evidence of reproduction and quantifying social behavior during the peak time of their social lives. ![]() I'm writing from RMBL where on the 17th we skied in (again), dug out our water, got my cabin opened and cleaned (no mice over the winter-yea!!!), moved the bicycles out of our RMBL lab, and began another year of marmoteering! Started in 1962, this makes it the start of our 58th year of following our furry friends. ![]()
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