Rare Fauna.

Grab your bear can or camp chair, kick your feet up and chew the fat about anything Sierra Nevada related that doesn't quite fit in any of the other forums. Within reason, (and the HST rules and guidelines) this is also an anything goes forum. Tell stories, discuss wilderness issues, music, or whatever else the High Sierra stirs up in your mind.
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In 34 years in the Sierra backcountry have seen pine marten just twice and have a decent 35mm image of the one I saw up at Clarice Lake. The other was in the same zone near Agnew Meadows. Saw and took a picture of a bighorn below Elery Lake. Have seen lots of long tailed weasels. And of course all the more common mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
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I was wondering how the Pine Marten got up there too. It was really small (looks bigger in picture) and frightened (shaky), and no sign of mama anywhere. I was afraid it

Pika's are cute!

Pika with grass: http://community.webshots.com/photo/516 ... 5589fKbCZR
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free . . . . Jim Morrison


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I saw a pine marten not far (in miles) from where Snow Nymph took her picture: Guitar Lake. It was doing its typical pine-marten run -- run along for a few undulating strides, stop and stand up for a look around, run along for a few undulating strides, stop and stand up for a look around, repeat until destination is reached... Actually I'm just guessing it was a pine marten -- it really could have been any mustelid, but a pine marten is the best guess for that location, isn't it?
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I saw a pine marten last year while at Bench Lake. It was gorgeous!

As for my Bigfoot story, I think I posted it here before the big crash. Here's a link to the encounter that I posted a while ago on another forum.
It's a few posts down from the first page.


http://www.thebackpacker.com/trailtalk/ ... 467,-1.php
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