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A Pika Roars in the Oregon Cascades.

I went into the Three Sisters Volcanoes in Oregon to attempt to photograph a mountain lion. I ended up climbing too high, above the tree line and stumbled upon a group of pika. While I didn't find any mountain lions I ended up observing so much wildlife that I didn't expect, the Pika being one of them. Their squeaks in photographs looked so much more epic than they sounded.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Bend, Oregon, United States of America
Camera: X-T5
Copyright: © Blake Robertshaw