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28-Apr-2025 copyright Elizabeth Bickel

Filling the Hole 4-28-25

That Mabeline the Groundhog suddenly enlarged: https://pbase.com/britestar/image/175404901

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We now have five 4th Generation Groundhog pups descended from Mable
who surprisingly arrived on the scene with babies back in 2020: https://pbase.com/britestar/image/170715270

Today was the first day Mabeline brought her new babies out to take a look at the world. The pups didn't come out any farther than in the above photo. At first, I just saw two babies. A couple of hours later, a brave third one joined them peeking out of the hole. I was sure that was the entire litter until a shy 4th head emerged. That shocked me!!! Another hour passed and the slyest 5th one finally made a 10 second appearance.

Nikon COOLPIX P950
1/100s f/8.0 at 98.1mm iso400 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time28-Apr-2025 17:16:26
MakeNikon
ModelCOOLPIX P950
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length98.1 mm
Exposure Time1/100 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent400
Exposure Bias0.00
White Balance0
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (-1)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Nick Paoni08-May-2025 22:45
That's quite a family she has there. Love the texture on their fur.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal08-May-2025 16:07
Beautiful sharp family shot. V
Helen Betts08-May-2025 14:35
Yikes, what a collection of babies!
Carl Carbone08-May-2025 11:06
Aw, nice that you let them be. Sharp shot!
joseantonio08-May-2025 10:58
lovely family group.V.
Hank Vander Velde08-May-2025 10:44
Great shot of this large resident family Liz.
Danad08-May-2025 09:37
A flourishing colony !
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