Prairie Dog portrait

[KenG]

Prairie dog at Oak Hammock Marsh, Manitoba...
An easy wildlife subject when your longest lens is 200mm.
http://kengillespie.com/img/v2/p347742459-4.jpg

[dig-it-al]

You captured a cute critter that is responsible for the plague in Colorado. We shoot them here with 2 barrels!

[REXTi]

^ ouch... i like this shot alot good job.

[randerson07]

I used to have three of them as pets. Terribly smelly and chewed on everything, but they had their moments.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v16/mbxb4/the%20kids/?action=view&current=3kids.jpg

nice shot.

[salexande867]

I used to have three of them as pets. Terribly smelly and chewed on everything, but they had their moments.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v16/mbxb4/the%20kids/?action=view&current=3kids.jpg

nice shot.

Man, you seriously needed to trim their nails!

It's funny, they are a pest out west and I used to breed them and get $150 each for the pups.

[Teeth]

Haha, I had one as a pet for a few seconds... until it bit me and I threw it at the ground.

What? I was four. :D

Nice portrait.

[SQuiP]

He was certainly curious about you... Beautiful shot!

[KenG]

Thanks for comments, he was certainly curious. Oak Hammock Marsh is a fairly major tourist attraction, and their are probably a few hundred of these guys living in a couple large hillsides.

The hills are right beside the major path that takes you deep into the marsh. The second anyone walks by, up pops a bunch of heads looking for a free handout. Pretty comical...

[KenG]

The hillside...

http://kengillespie.com/img/v2/p498569993-4.jpg

The Marsh itself...

http://kengillespie.com/img/v2/p64940417-4.jpg

http://kengillespie.com/img/v2/p476470304-4.jpg

[SQuiP]

Another beautiful set, these are great! Intense stare-down going on in #1....