“Why does my cousin Phil get all the attention?”
A yellow-bellied marmot smiles for its portrait. (© Tony’s Takes)

Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow this morning in Pennsylvania so we seem to have six more weeks of winter to look forward to.

While Phil is the focus on this day, Dave, his cousin from the Colorado high country, wonders why he doesn’t get any press. Of course, right now, with his home at 14,000 feet, Dave is certainly enduring a ton of snow and miserable cold and is anxious for winter to end. This image shows him on a much warmer, drier, day in July.

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