I think Dr. West is right, Aplodontia (AKA Mt. Beaver). They are quite
common in the area; we have them on our land not far from there and I just
noted two new burrows along our loop trail.

Scott Atkinson
Lake Stevens
mail to: scottratkinson at hotmail.com


>From: "Andrea Garcia" <oh_andrea at hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: oh_andrea at hotmail.com
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: Prairie Dog ?
>Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 08:57:00 -0700
>
>I bet it was a hoary marmot. Do a search on google images to see a
>picture,
>I have seen marmots in your neck of the woods.
>
>Andrea Garcia
>Sammamish, WA 98074
>mailto:oh_andrea at hotmail.com
>
>==================================
>Prairie Dog?
>
>Date :
>Sat, 6 Jul 2002 21:10:24 EDT
>
>Hi Tweeties,
>
>Just another Critter Question. While driving north on Highway 9 between
>Lake
>Stevens and Arlington early this afternoon a critter tried to scamper
>across
>the road. It wasn't an ordinary squirrel. Nor was it a weasel. It was a
>very
>compact tawny brown critter, with a short tail and ears close to its head.
>The critter stopped midway in the southbound lane, stood up on its back
>legs,
>looked around and ran back into the bushes as I prepared to screech to a
>stop
>for it.
>
>On my way home I stopped at a Marysville pet store that sells Black Tailed
>Prairie Dogs, and darn it, the critter I saw looked for all the world like
>a
>Prairie Dog! VERY CUTE!
>
>Any ideas what this critter might have been?
>
>Lydia Gaebe Bishop
>Somewhere near Lake Cassidy, Snohomish County, WA
>
>
>
>
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