This pika’s home is right next to a trail through a talus field in Grand Teton National Park. By being quiet and still we were able to watch him for quite awhile.
Right across the trail, I just got this shot of a weasel:
(The size of the animals in relation to each other in these photos is deceiving. The pika is about the size of a large potato and the weasel is the size of a large house cat.)
On another day we saw a Marmot and a Pika together along another section of trail:
and one year we watched a pika scampering with food to dry and store for the winter.
They store the food in “hay piles” between rocks:
Most of these photos were taken in Cascade Canyon, Grand Teton National Park
Most Americans pronounce Pika “pike-a”, Canadians pronounce it “peeek-a.”
Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Park photos
Rocky Mountain Mammal Size Comparisons