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Species: Pika
Habitat: Alpine Tundra
Location: Jicarita Peak, New Mexico
Public Land: Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness
Description: High on the rocky mountain tops, the pika makes its home among boulders and talus fields, a small bundle of energy in a harsh, windswept world. With round ears and bright eyes, it darts quickly from crevice to crevice, gathering grasses and wildflowers to stash for winter’s long silence. These gentle creatures are silent sentinels of the high country, living close to the edge where few others can survive.
Pikas, like polar bears in the arctic, are early indicators of the effects of climate change on wildlife for the Southern Rockies. Pikas require mountain peaks that are cool in summer, have a blanket of insulating snow in winter, and are covered in wildflowers for them to eat. All of these factors are being altered by climate change.
To read more about pikas check out my Substack post. (coming soon)
Fine art print on acid free, 100% cotton, bright or warm white, textured surface, archival quality paper. For more about papers I use click here.
Please note that print sizes are the inked area, the paper is larger to provide a 1” border to accommodate matting and framing.
13 × 19 paper, 11 × 17 inked area
16 × 24 paper, 14 × 22 inked area
Species: Pika
Habitat: Alpine Tundra
Location: Jicarita Peak, New Mexico
Public Land: Carson National Forest, Pecos Wilderness
Description: High on the rocky mountain tops, the pika makes its home among boulders and talus fields, a small bundle of energy in a harsh, windswept world. With round ears and bright eyes, it darts quickly from crevice to crevice, gathering grasses and wildflowers to stash for winter’s long silence. These gentle creatures are silent sentinels of the high country, living close to the edge where few others can survive.
Pikas, like polar bears in the arctic, are early indicators of the effects of climate change on wildlife for the Southern Rockies. Pikas require mountain peaks that are cool in summer, have a blanket of insulating snow in winter, and are covered in wildflowers for them to eat. All of these factors are being altered by climate change.
To read more about pikas check out my Substack post. (coming soon)
Fine art print on acid free, 100% cotton, bright or warm white, textured surface, archival quality paper. For more about papers I use click here.
Please note that print sizes are the inked area, the paper is larger to provide a 1” border to accommodate matting and framing.
13 × 19 paper, 11 × 17 inked area
16 × 24 paper, 14 × 22 inked area