Camera trap photographs from American pika haypiles in California

This image archive provides access to a reference collection of photographs from camera traps set at ten different American pika (Ochotona princeps) haypile sites in the eastern Sierra Nevada and spur ranges in Mono County, California during a 2014-2019 occupancy and activity study. Collection includes examples of various pika behaviors documented during study, such as haying, foraging, eating, cheek-rubbing, territorialism and kleptoparasitism; day and night, and during summer, fall and winter. Also includes example photographs of the 25 other mammal species and 10 bird species documented visiting the pika haypiles.
The purpose of this study was to monitor and compare American pika activity at various haypile sites in Mono County.
This package was published on 09/08/2020. On 04/18/2024, minor metadata updates were made. On 12/18/2024, this package was updated to include a zip file containing all photographs along with additional minor metadata updates.