American Badger aka Badlands Bada** - a photo on Flickriver

            We pulled a U-turn on the Badlands "loop" road, to go back and check out a few Mule Deer. Earlier we had filmed and photographed some Prairie Dogs housed in this huge "town" or collection of burrows along the road side, extending about 75 yards (25m) back. As we turned we noticed some activity - dirt being kicked up, and about 20 Prairie Dogs standing up behind the closest burrows, going absolutely crazy standing and alarm calling. When this American Badger (Taxidea taxus) picked its head up and checked us out, we stopped and got very still in the vehicle. The badger went back to work - trying to dig out and eat some Prairie Dogs. The badger was unsuccessful; apparently the Prairie Dogs had retreated to their more distant burrows to escape the predator. The badger is a very intense animal, muscular, alert and wary. Luckily we were able to observe him for almost an hour, undisturbed by other visitors and vehicles (we heard at least one "idiots are just shooting prairie dogs" comment).
   

Taken on: May 15, 2023

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Camera: Canon EOS R5 C, f/9.0, 1/640 sec, 500mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R5 C
Lens:	RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	500mm
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Exposure Program:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 12.1 (Macintosh)
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