American Pika, Pika

An American pika observed at left in a boulder field near the Thomas Lake Trail, Indian Heaven Wilderness.......August 20, 2024. The image at right shows a pika in a boulder field near Goose Lake, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......September 9, 2024.

The images at left and at right show a pika in a boulder field along Panther Creek, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......October 7, 2024. The image at right shows a fresh, green hay pile left to dry prior to storing in the underground tunnels of a pika den in old lava fields adjacent to the Pacific Crest Trail south of FS Road 60, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......October 7, 2024.

Evidence of browsing by pikas on beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves along the Pacific Crest Trail on the western edge of the Big Lava Bed, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......October 6, 2025.

Examples of pika hay piles along the Pacific Crest Trail on the western edge of the Big Lava Bed, Gifford Pinchot National Forest......October 6, 2025.