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Native Californian, biologist, wildlife conservation consultant, retired Smithsonian scientist, father of two daughters, grandfather of 4 small primates. INTJ. Believes nature is infinitely more interesting than shopping malls. Born 100 years too late.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Walking hay bale



Craig sent a photo the other day, and it was good news.

It looks like a hay bale after a long hard winter, but it wasn't.

It was a bodacious badger and a new species for our camera trap survey of the carnivores of Chimineas.

It revealed a bit more of itself in one other photo, but not much.

We hope to see more of Br'er Badger and its kin in the coming months.

3 comments:

randomtruth said...

Woohoo! Should be a good season for ground squirrels and badgers. :)

Cougarmagic said...

Congratulations! Is this a first for you, ever, or just at this location? The second pic is great - gotta love those dramatic stripes on the face.

Camera Trap Codger said...

Yes, I am still hopping a little.

It IS a first for me, but Craig has taken their pics before.