There are lots of Yellow-bellied marmots at Five Springs. Usually they would disappear as soon as they spotted you, but this one was a little more cooperative. Maybe it felt safe with an escape route right behind it.
Marmots are large ground squirrels. Yellow-bellied are one of the smaller ones. Wikipedia says they live in colonies, but I only saw individuals. They make a whistle sound as an alarm cry, leading to their nickname of "whistle pigs".
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