Gunnison Prairie Dog (Cynomys gunnisoni)

Posted by Bruce Sherman on Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:47 pm

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Spent a few weeks in Farmington, NM recently and found a large number of these guys residing in Animas Park right in Farmington. They were very cooperative and would come very close. I bet people are feeding them.

After watching these guys devour leaves that had fallen from trees in the area I bet the trees are glad that prairie dogs can't climb trees. If they could the trees would probably be "leafless" in short order.

Nikon D500 with G2 Tamron 150-600, ISO 800, f6.3, and 1/400.

Thanks for looking. All comments appreciated.

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:11 am

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A great low level perspective, and lovely behaviour capture, Bruce. Don't you love the fact that nature provides a clean up operator for just about everything that falls to the ground, although as you say, just as well these guys can't climb trees!

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