DAA
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I've been fortunate enough to have seen dozens of bobcat over the years. Have never gotten a good still picture of one though. Shot lots of video of them, in the long ago time before I decided I'd rather have hot poo than edit another minute of video ever again and before I took up taking pictures.
Badgers, have seen probably three or four for every bobcat. In the hundreds. Watching them excavate is still a treat though. They can move an astonishing amount of dirt in an amazingly short period of time. Prairie dog towns are a good place to see them in action.
I watched this one digging up ground squirrels a couple weeks ago.
Have sat and watched coyote take advantage of badgers a few times as well. Coyote sitting and watching while badger does all the work of digging, coyote picking off prairie dogs popping out of side entrances.
About 20 years ago, I sat and played with one for awhile one afternoon. I was pretty well concealed and not moving and the badger did not see me or at least did not recognize my form. I called him right up to me by making a rodent squeaking sound - a lip squeak I call it. He came up and literally sniffed the toes of my boots. Then scurried off. But another lip squeak turned him around and he came right back to me. Repeated the exercise 4 times before he finally lost interest and left the scene.
Slightly macabre factoid, but knowing it has led to a few close range badger sightings over the years - if you see an intact dead cow carcass/mummy in the desert, look inside the body cavity. Have seen badgers apparently taken up temporary residence inside those carcasses a few times. Have also seen one bury an entire deer carcass once, again in an amazingly short period of time.
- DAA
Badgers, have seen probably three or four for every bobcat. In the hundreds. Watching them excavate is still a treat though. They can move an astonishing amount of dirt in an amazingly short period of time. Prairie dog towns are a good place to see them in action.
I watched this one digging up ground squirrels a couple weeks ago.
Have sat and watched coyote take advantage of badgers a few times as well. Coyote sitting and watching while badger does all the work of digging, coyote picking off prairie dogs popping out of side entrances.
About 20 years ago, I sat and played with one for awhile one afternoon. I was pretty well concealed and not moving and the badger did not see me or at least did not recognize my form. I called him right up to me by making a rodent squeaking sound - a lip squeak I call it. He came up and literally sniffed the toes of my boots. Then scurried off. But another lip squeak turned him around and he came right back to me. Repeated the exercise 4 times before he finally lost interest and left the scene.
Slightly macabre factoid, but knowing it has led to a few close range badger sightings over the years - if you see an intact dead cow carcass/mummy in the desert, look inside the body cavity. Have seen badgers apparently taken up temporary residence inside those carcasses a few times. Have also seen one bury an entire deer carcass once, again in an amazingly short period of time.
- DAA
