“Day 6 – Crews spot a Pika” courtesy of WSDOT
This cheers me up. “According to the book we looked the Pika up in” is one of the more wonderful things I’d ever expect to hear from WSDOT:
Crews spotted this little guy (or girl)–a Pika–while clearing snow off the highway. It’s not a rodent. It belongs to the same order/group as rabbits and hares. According to the book that we looked the Pika up in, it says that they are extremely social creatures that live on rocky mountain slopes. They spend their days cutting grass, which they dry and cure like hay. Essentially, they’re little farmers.
I’ve been keeping an eye on WSDOT’s mountain passes advisories, given all the snow hammering the mountains, but to date they’ve been keeping roads clear and haven’t had to announce avalanche work delays. The only thing the new powder has brought–besides “sick days” spent at ski resorts–is an extension of studded tires until April 10.
“They spend their days cutting grass, which they dry and cure like hay.”
He thinks he’s people!
I wish people farmers were considered “extremely social.”
I wanna see a video of it having a brief sneezing fit. Then I want to loop that and play it whilst I fall to slumberland.