American Marten (Martes americana), also known as a Pine Marten, in the snow on Hudson Bay Mountain near Smithers in Northern British Columbia. Martens normally eat small mammals such as squirrels and rodents. They are however related to the wolverine and capable of hunting much larger snowshoe hares and marmots.
I was lucky enough to see this guy out of the corner of my eye while I was snowboarding. He ran down a tree well; so I boarded over, took my backpack off, got my camera out, changed out the wide angle lens for the 400mm, and waited. After sitting there quietly for a few minutes he then popped his head up again. Taken with a Canon EOS 6D Mark II and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM at ISO 1600, 400.0 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000s .
Rob Downie
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Thanks mate !
Cute capture! Excellent timing. Great winter image ,Rob. and perfect for this winter theme. Voted
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Thanks. Like most things in life its preparation and practice which allows what looks spontaneous to be successful.
Super cute, thanks for sharing!
Thanks ;-)
Where did you take this photo?
Whoa, I never seen an animal like that, amazing.
Thanks mate.
Worth taking the camera out ! Great shot !
For sure !
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wowwwm great animal portrait . congratulations Rob :)
Thank you !
Great capture!!
Thanks mate .
Amazing capture. Your photography is excellent:)
Thanks . Too kind of you.
Rad. You don't often see them. They're pretty quick - lucky you getting the camera out in time :)
Yes they are quick !
You sound like The Flash doing all that XD Yay for capturing it, so much cute!
Thanks !
Ewok!
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how cutty he is... This guy seems to be as interested in you that you are in him !
Yes he was inquisitive.
How can something that eats my favourite animal (rabbit) look so adorable? You got lucky when you saw this guy! Where were you snowboarding?
I was boarding at Hudson Bay Mountain which is near Smithers in Northern BC Canada.
That's so cool! Maybe I'll meet one one day :-)