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Taxidae taxus
American Badgers (Taxidae taxus) are mainly nocturnal-sleeping during the day and living at night. But sometimes, during the seasonal part of the year, these badgers come out from their burrows to forage, and in this one's case, soak up some sun! Badgers are impressive hunters, regularly digging out their prey-mostly rodents like pockets gophers, ground squirrels, and prairie dogs. Occasionally, coyotes will wait near by while the the badger digs out prey and, trying to escape the badger, the prey runs into the jaws of the waiting coyote.
Many other animals will live in the badger's tunnels after they have abandon them. The tunnels are wide and spacious enough to accommodate all types of animals ranging from Tiger Salamanders and California Red-legged Frogs to skunks, foxes, and Burrowing Owls.
Spotted on Aug 1, 2013
Submitted on Oct 7, 2014
9 Comments
Thank you Emily and Leuba. You could imagine my surprise when I saw that face too!
Awesome!
Interesting information and of course a great spotting ! Looking at the face front-on, I did not believe it to be a badger - nice shots !!
Thank you very much!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Thank you Mark, Stirred, and Yasser! Yes, it was really something.
Nice spotting Joshua... thanks.
Gorgeous shot!
Josh, this is so awesome!