We began photographing this marmot high on Sheepeater Cliff, but it was too far way and too small for us to make a worthy image. Suddenly it descended, and came towards us as far as it would dare. What made the image so special is that this marmot is in the process of foraging for food – a straw of grass even hangs between its lips. Patches of melting snow still remain on the ground around it -- a reminder that no so long ago, finding such straws of grass was not an easy task.