Groundhog
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Prairie dog eating
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During a trip to a local zoo, this smart groundhog took it upon itself to do something about their lack of food. Fed up with being underfed and malnurished it took drastic action. / Another few hours and they will be eating like Lords!
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I hope he doesn’t see his shadow! / Then spring will be on it’s way. / I love Spring – don’t you?
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I took this one at Groundhog Mtn. on the Blue Ridge Parkway.It’s an old tower that has been there as long as I can remember but its up on a hill and at a Beautiful place and when you go up in it you can see forever.
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2008 Phil shirts.
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This groundhog was one of a few I saw in the morning in the mountains of Utah. They don’t show much fear of humans at this location which a rest area just off the highway. Probably wants to be fed.
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Black-Tailed Prairie Dogs
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When I first saw this cute little guy I thought he was a statue … then the statue moved!!!! I guess this little ground hog was just a bit curious…
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Six more weeks of undead.
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Here is Chuck the groundhog just playing in the clover. Thanks for naming him Zoey. He wants to come party.
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A Groundhog, aka Gopher, wishes to be on the other side of the fence. First full day of summer in our hemisphere. June 21st 2008
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RULES
by Mark WilsonA cheeky groundhog and a rather badly placed sign gave me a great idea for this poster. Rules are only made so that people can break them!
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This is Chuck. He is our resident Groundhog or Woodchuck (hence his name) and he spends the winter hunkered down in the rock wall in our front yard. I’m sure he’s got quite the sprawling condo going on in there. He comes out in very early spring to feed on the fallen bird seed. We haven’t seen him all summer, but I do expect he’ll be back to prep his dwelling for winter. Photographed May 7, 2008. Enjoy! Len /
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Took the family to the Norfolk zoo, and as always, the prairie dogs were my favorite part. This little guy was perched on top of an observing bubble. It wasn’t till later I noticed someone’s hand in there touching its butt! Camera: Nikon D50
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/ Canon rebelxt canon L 70-200 Southern Ontario Canada. This ground hog stepped out a wee bit early – very wet and cold, he stepped gingerly across the snow for about 50 yards and then headed back to his hole as quickly as his little feet would carry him.
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Ground hogs cuddling in the warm sun !
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Photo taken by Shaun Emerson in Glacier National Park. He caught these two ground squirrels as they ventured out of their hole in the early morning.
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This photo of the colored leaves was taken in Punxutawney, Pa. It is at Gobblers Knob where the groundhog predicts whether winter will stay or go away after February 2.
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I love the angle of this photo and the expression on the marmot’s face. I’d really like to know what he was thinking….
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This is a digital compilation depicting the arrival of spring. The background picture is from picget.net which is available through the software program “Magic Photo Editor”. Additional pictures were incorporated into the photo using Softwaredirect which was available through a scrapbooking program which I have. The bunny at the top of the photo was a pet mini-lop which we had. It was a baby bunny and didn’t know that it was supposed to let its’ ears “lop” rather than stick up straight! :-) The first day of spring is Friday, March 20th, 2009! BEST IF VIEWED IN ENLARGED FORMAT ! /
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I never understood why seeing the shadow means 6 more weeks of winter – I thought it is a harbinger of spring if the sun is shining. oh well.
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Found this little one on the bank outside my home in New Cumberland PA, wandering around, I assume trying to figure out where momma was. They live under my shed, and I fear she’s been killed if she hasn’t come back to take care her young. Babies are usually born between mid-April – early May, (this was the end of April when taken!) and don’t come out of the burrow until July. I estimate him to be at most 4 weeks old, since his eyes are open. I did put him back at his burrow and he made his way back inside. Now it’s a matter of waiting to see if the momma comes back, or if this little one will try looking for her again. He seemed a little undernorished so I don’t hold out much hope. A few days later… he came looking…for me. As my sister pointed him out to me across the yard and we began talking, he picked up the pace, waddling right for us. He must recognize my voice. I put him back at his burrow. Trying to explain, it’s only the beginning of May, you aren’t to be out till July! That evening I thought I saw the momma eating the ducks corn. I couldn’t believe this little guy (and a smaller sibling) have been surviving. I thought, good, end of story. However the next morning, after a long night of bone chilling rain, I arrive home from work to find one of the cubs at my patio. Looking like a drowned rat…and lifeless to boot. I donned gloves and picked him up, detecting the slightest movemess. I rub him vigorously and he stirs. I take him into the house, wrap him in a towel, putting him in the bathroom sink and use a hair dryer (carefully!) to give him warmth and dry his coat. He moves a little more. I’m confused about his eyes being closed. Using a dropper I give him some warmed watered down soymilk and soon I hear the sucking of his tongue. His body was still cold, so I added a heating pad under the towel, turn off the light and let him rest. I read what I could online about woodchucks and see something I wasn’t expecting. Ut oh, before and after feeding you must rub its genitals to stimulate urination and defecation. I blink, and read again. REALLY? My sister and I laugh and off I go to rub a groundhogs genitals. Seems if you don’t their bladders can explode! What was mother nature thinking on this one! And how much does a groundhog urinate at this age. I gave it the old college try, got a little out then left him to sleep. He snuggled into the warm towel and appeared to be breathing normally. Later another feeding and I find his eyes are now open! Poor thing must have been so close to death. Later I look out and see his slightly larger sibling climbing on the hill next to my shed. An even larger one is there, that I’d never seen before. Groundhogs however are known to care for orphans. So I quick grabbed the one from my sink and take him to the burrow opening. He balked at first, then crawled inside. The one on the bank heard me talking and started to quickly shuffle towards me. OH NO I yell at him, you are to run the other way! Be afraid of me! hahaha. He made it over to me so I had to start pushing him to the burrow opening. he kept spinning around to get away from my hand and come back to me, but after a third shove he went into the burrow. All has been quiet since, the next day, so sign of any wayward groundhogs. Hopefully they have all settled in and will revert back to natural groundhog behavior. Though I suspect now that they have discovered the outside world, even though months early, they will come out to explore. I know people kill groundhogs. I know they can be pesky. I’ve lost some garden to them before :D But I don’t like to see a living thing suffer. It can be difficult finding the right balance, interfering as little as possible with nature. And if one of the hawks would have gotten them, that’s ok. That is the way life is. But to have to watch them suffer – different story! / I did look up rehabbers, however none within a reasonable driving area would take in a RVS (rabies vector species) animal. There’s now, one day later, more to this story. But I’ll save it for another photo perhaps. But all is well!
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