Riverfront park - Marmot question (Pacific: university, place, summer)

[tmeatzie]

Gang,

I forgot to ask, but about a month - month and half ago, the marmots seemed to have disappeared from the park. Does anyone know where they went? Do they hibernate early? Did the park service do something with them? I'm new to the Pacific Northwest - and marmot watching - and enjoyed watching them through spring and summer...

Thanks!

[tmeatzie]

Gang,

I guess I'll have to hunt me down some kind of website like "wherethemarmotsare.com" if there is such a place, I thought that with all the folks that use our park there might be someone (like a university professor type) that could give me a virtual thesis paper on those little critters...

Thanks!

[skinem]

Yup, marmots hibernate. Expect that's all it is.

Groundhogs are marmots. Punxatawny Phil is a marmot. Groundhog Day could be called Marmot Day.