Hilary Bralove is a wildlife photographer who takes some gorgeous photographs of wildlife in locations just like the South Dakota Badlands, the Oregon coast, and Colorado’s Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park. Bralove just lately shared pictures of one in every of her “absolute favourite and most difficult topics to {photograph}”—the American pika. Bralove didn’t simply take pictures of pikas, although, she took pictures of “flying” pikas carrying tiny bouquets of wildflowers.
The pikas aren’t actually flying, in fact, they’re leaping from rock to rock. As they do, Bralove expertly captures them mid-air with wildflowers clutched of their mouths. She says the small mammals acquire wildflowers and tundra grasses to retailer of their winter-food stashes. These meals stashes assist the animals survive harsh winters within the mountains.
“I spend quite a few days and hours every summer season up excessive within the Rocky mountains of Colorado, observing and attempting to {photograph} these little speedsters,” Bralove wrote in a Fb caption.
Try these little cuties already making ready for winter right here:
About American Pikas
The Nationwide Wildlife Federation (NWF) says: “Regardless of their cuddly look, American pikas . . . are amongst North America’s hardest animals. Pikas are one of many few mammals within the decrease 48 states that may survive their total lives in alpine terrain, the windswept no-man’s-land above tree line.”
These small, rodent-like mammals are associated to rabbits. They develop to a max of 8 inches in size. You’ll find American pikas within the high-elevation mountains in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, and New Mexico.
You possibly can comply with Bralove on Fb, Instagram, and Flickr.
