My apologies to sknhgy. I allowed my zoological background to contaminate my names. The scientific name for ground hogs is Marmota monax. All members of the genus Marmota are technically marmots, but some use the term marmot in their common names and others like the woodchuck, groundhog, or less frequently common marmot do so only erradically. Bored I was not: I'm a retired zoologist and observing/counting animals are things I've been doing all my life. I think its important to note the things that cyclists see that those hurling along at 70 mph miss. Cheers, tom