Posted in animals, Nature, Photography, Portraits, Summer, Travel, wildlife, tagged Black-tailed Prairie DOgs, Canon 7D, Cynomys ludovicianus, Medora ND, Prairie Dog, Prairie Dogs, Tamron 18-400mm, Theodore Roosevelt National Park on August 7, 2022|
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It was so much fun to watch the Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus) that I encountered in multiple locations during my recent visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora, North Dakota. I could see them from my car when I was driving along the roads looking for buffalo and wild horses, but I also encountered them on both sides of some of the trails when I was hiking.
The prairie dogs seemed playful and energetic and were surprisingly vocal. They seemed to be calling out to each other all of the time in very distinctive squeaky voices. It seems like some of the calls were warnings that I was approaching, because quite often the prairie dogs would scurry into their holes as I drew near, sometimes peeking out with just the top of their heads and their eyes visible.
Here are some selected shots of prairie dogs in which I tried to capture a sense of their playful personalities.
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Mike Powell 