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willowispI think I saw my first (semi) wild prairie dogs the other day. They were not chipmunks and even more assuredly not squirrels. I mentioned them to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
callicrates and he had seen them as well, or at least one of them. We both saw them in the same exit from I-40, which I now fervently hope will not be paved over as many of the other former dirt patches have been.
Anyway, Andy said they looked like a cross between chipmunks and ferrets, ay least size-wise. They were a bit stocky and very cute; all brown as far as I could see. They are definitely not anything I encountered while growing up in the northeast. If they are prairie dogs, then they are the second native animals we've seen. The first were roadrunners.
callicrates and he had seen them as well, or at least one of them. We both saw them in the same exit from I-40, which I now fervently hope will not be paved over as many of the other former dirt patches have been.Anyway, Andy said they looked like a cross between chipmunks and ferrets, ay least size-wise. They were a bit stocky and very cute; all brown as far as I could see. They are definitely not anything I encountered while growing up in the northeast. If they are prairie dogs, then they are the second native animals we've seen. The first were roadrunners.
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Date: 2007-09-06 01:14 pm (UTC)There are a bunch of prairie dog nests along the east side of Tramway. Watch the side of the road the next time you come by our place in the middle of the day. Though they'll probably get scarce pretty soon.