1110_0737 Badger Says Hello
One from the archive today; an American Badger approaches, a little too close for comfort. I was lying flat with my tripod in a prairie dog town and Badger knew I was there but had been mostly ignoring me. I think the clicking sounds finally aroused his curiosity. I kept shooting as he approached, and suddenly realized, "He doesn't know what I am!" So I raised myself up onto my elbows and said, "Woa, big fella, you're getting too close!" He immediately stopped, in shock, I think. Ran back about ten feet, stopped again. Stared. Ran another ten feet, turned, stared some more. I didn't move. Eventually he returned to the business of trying to excavate prairie dogs from their burrows, and I continued shooting for the next hour. One of my peak wildlife encounters!
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
1110_0737 Badger Says Hello
One from the archive today; an American Badger approaches, a little too close for comfort. I was lying flat with my tripod in a prairie dog town and Badger knew I was there but had been mostly ignoring me. I think the clicking sounds finally aroused his curiosity. I kept shooting as he approached, and suddenly realized, "He doesn't know what I am!" So I raised myself up onto my elbows and said, "Woa, big fella, you're getting too close!" He immediately stopped, in shock, I think. Ran back about ten feet, stopped again. Stared. Ran another ten feet, turned, stared some more. I didn't move. Eventually he returned to the business of trying to excavate prairie dogs from their burrows, and I continued shooting for the next hour. One of my peak wildlife encounters!
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2011 James R. Page - all rights reserved.