05-16-2018, 02:45 AM
NugginFutz Wrote:Oh, yes. They go down for approximately 4-5 months, even in Central NM. We see them in late March / Early April. Remember - this is high altitude, with overnight temps well below freezing in October.
Don't the ones in CO hibernate, as well?
I presume the ones on the high plains to the west of me do, but the ones down in the plains don't. With the mild winter last year, they were taunting me all winter along Pena Blvd (the DIA access road) whenever the sun was out. And they were out in mid Oct in CO about 2 hours NE from Raton last year. I think the altitude there is about 4500. I wonder if the nonhibernators are over by Clayton or in the Rita Bianca. It's about 5000 asl over there....
Let's go Brandon!