Yosemite nature notes . ods. Related to the ermine of the OldWorld, in Yosemite, its upperparts changefrom brown in summer to white in win-ter. The range is from the red fir forestabove the rim of the Valley on up to therock slides it timberline. Chickaree-sized, the mountain wea-sel has a tail that comprises about halfthe total length of the animal. In sum-mer, the upper parts are brown, the un-derparts yellowish or orange. In Yosem-ite, the winter coat is white overallexcept for the blackish tip of the tail. Tough, lithe and wiry, weasels can getaround into all sorts of places. Found through
Yosemite nature notes . ods. Related to the ermine of the OldWorld, in Yosemite, its upperparts changefrom brown in summer to white in win-ter. The range is from the red fir forestabove the rim of the Valley on up to therock slides it timberline. Chickaree-sized, the mountain wea-sel has a tail that comprises about halfthe total length of the animal. In sum-mer, the upper parts are brown, the un-derparts yellowish or orange. In Yosem-ite, the winter coat is white overallexcept for the blackish tip of the tail. Tough, lithe and wiry, weasels can getaround into all sorts of places. Found throughout the middle eleva-tions of the park, mountain weasels areactive the year around, day or have been seen between the Yo-semite Museum and the AdministrationBuilding a number of times. The mead-ows near Swinging Bridge and SentinelBridge are also well-known localities. The double-distilled essence of cour-age, mountain weasels will kill anythingthat they can overcome. Their predomi-nant food is small Thoto by Hood Weasel in winter coat. 90 YOSEMITE NATURE NOTES
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