{"id":39901,"date":"2016-06-07T03:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T09:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=39901"},"modified":"2022-10-11T06:28:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:28:04","slug":"american-badger-at-her-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/06\/07\/american-badger-at-her-den\/","title":{"rendered":"American Badger at Her Den"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Badger'sBadger’s tongue up close – Nikon D810, FX mode, f10, 1\/1000, ISO 640, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
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I didn’t expect to photograph an American Badger yesterday but I did! And from so close I could only take portraits of her at first. Her den was at the bottom of a hill on a narrow dirt road so I took a bunch of close up images of her using the FX mode in my Nikon D810 and I could have probably used more depth of field to get more of her in focus but I also wanted to focus on her eyes and then was pleasantly surprised when she stuck out her tongue. I never knew that the tip of a badger’s tongue was square shaped until I took this image.<\/p>\n

\"PortraitPortrait of American Badger head on – Nikon D810, DX mode, f10, 1\/500, ISO 640, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I took a quick series of the badger in DX mode and I was happy when she faced me head on. It was already 11:30 a.m. when I took the images of the badger so the light was high, strong and it kind of washed out her colors.<\/p>\n

I love badgers, so I don’t care. Besides, I only get this close to an American Badger about once every two years.<\/p>\n

\"AmericanAmerican Badger at its den – Nikon D300, f10, 1\/400, ISO 400, +0.7 EV, Nikkor 18-200mm VR at 135mm, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

After moving down the hill a little bit I finally grabbed my backup D300 with the 18-200mm VR lens attached to get a wider angle of the badger and her den. Not long after this image I left her to her peace and quiet.<\/p>\n

Later I will post some images that will show why I knew she was a female. I’m pretty sure the American Badger at her den has cubs, they can have anywhere from one to five! I just hope that no one kills her because they consider her a pest.<\/p>\n

Life is full of surprises. And it is 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

P.S. Heading home this morning, tired, dusty but happy.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m pretty sure the American Badger at her den has cubs, they can have anywhere from one to five!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1764,2578,2244],"tags":[4458,9879,5128,4054,4142,2685,4070,4046,11852,165,4459,5185],"class_list":["post-39901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-badger","category-clark-county","category-idaho","tag-american-badger","tag-badger","tag-badgers","tag-burrow","tag-close-up","tag-den","tag-female","tag-portrait","tag-ranchlands","tag-spring","tag-taxidea-taxus","tag-tongue"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t