July 3, 2012 Badger in Custer State Park, South Dakota
Badger
Custer State Park, South Dakota, USA
Canon EOS 1D Mk IV, 500 f4 & 1.4x III, 1/750 sec, f8, ISO 400
Image taken on October 20, 2011.
I photographed this Badger in Custer State Park last October. I think Badgers are cool and I don't get to photograph them enough, so when I do it's a real treat. We were driving slowly by a Black-Tailed Prairie Dog town in the middle of the morning and I was surprised to see a badger out and digging. After quickly grabbing some shots from the car, the badger went down a hole. I set up on my tripod close to ground level and waited. About half an hour later, the badger came back out and continued digging as shown in the image.
