Égaré loin de son aire normale. Il suit de près le bateau de pêche durant 20 minutes.
Cerf Élaphe (cerf rouge), une des 2 femelles échappées d'un enclos à proximité. Remarquez la grande taille et le derrière chamois-beige vs Cerf de Virginie. Non-indigène ici. Après 2 jours, les 2 cerfs sont retournées d'elles-même à leur enclos.// Red deer, one of 2 females that escaped from a nearby enclosure. Notice the large size and the buff-beige bottom vs White-tailed Deer. Not native here. After 2 days, the 2 deer returned to their enclosure on their own.
Attention, traverse de mésanges! // BEWARE, chickadees crossing!
Photographed by my partner, Cam Knox (who doesn't have iNaturalist despite my efforts to convince him).
Mount Washington, BC, Canada
While descending a meadow/talus ridge we heard warning whistles that I recognized as being from marmots. We saw three individuals dashing to the cover of nearby large boulders. After staying quiet and sitting for a couple of minutes we saw them climb the boulders to look at us.
I managed to get these pictures and some decent quality video from a distance before quickly moving on so as not to overly bother them.
After reporting this observation to the Marmot Recovery Foundation it turns out that there are no post-decline records of marmots from this area. That would make this a newly documented population. It was mentioned that there is a possibility that one of the marmots is younger which could be evidence of successful reproduction.
Snapshot from the chairlift, with thanks to my daughter for spotting it. We tried going back for another ride right away with the real camera at the ready this time, but didn't manage to find it again.