The badger is at the dining area of the Badlands ... a prairie dog town.
The predators show up every day to one of the many towns.
We've seen a lot of different critters looking for a meal.
Many types of hawks, bald eagles, golden eagles, coyotes, short eared owls, great horned owls,
burrowing owls, badgers, and the elusive bobcat.
If you want to see predators in the Badlands, hang around where they eat. At some point, they'll show up.
Nice stuff. The only time I ever saw (and photographed) a badger in the wild was in the Badlands. Your light was better. Mine was in the middle of the day. The last time I was there I was able to cross quite a few species off my target list.
ahamp wrote:
Nice stuff. The only time I ever saw (and photographed) a badger in the wild was in the Badlands. Your light was better. Mine was in the middle of the day. The last time I was there I was able to cross quite a few species off my target list.
Early to mid November is a great time to go.
Kids are un school - not a lot of people there.
Rattle snakes aren't out and about at that time of year.
The deer and bighorns are in full on rut. Lots of chasing going on.
The coyotes and moving around a lot. We saw 15 coyotes in 3 days between the black hills and the badlands.
And every now and then you come across the unusual.
A coyote and a badger hunting together.
We saw this in 2012 in the badlands, and again in 2015 in Theodore Roosevelt NP.
From what we read, a coyote has a 33% better chance during the hunt with a badger there than without one.
The only shot I got of the two together from 2012.
An interesting post with some nice images of an animal we don't see enough of.
Really like the badger and coyote team I would never have thought that would happen
