{"id":16020,"date":"2014-10-01T05:27:17","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T11:27:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=16020"},"modified":"2022-10-11T06:20:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:20:03","slug":"american-badger-portrait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/01\/american-badger-portrait\/","title":{"rendered":"American Badger portrait"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AmericanAmerican Badger portrait – Nikon D300, f9, 1\/640, Nikkor 200-400mm VR with 1.4x TC at 400mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I thought I would share another American Badger portrait that I took back in May of this year on Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah. I was delighted to be able to photograph this badger up close and with prey<\/a><\/span> because it isn’t often I have the opportunity to photograph these very wary creatures.<\/p>\n

I had hoped to obtain more images of American Badgers this summer and while\u00a0did see a few none of them were close enough to get high quality images. Maybe next year!<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my American Badger photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought I would share another American Badger portrait that I took back in May of this year on Antelope Island State Park in northern Utah. 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