Prairie dogs can carry and die from the plague. All it takes is a few bad fleas biting 'em, and BOOM. They're living the life of medieval peasants, only with better teeth.

No wonder they're sourpusses.

#rodentsfollowinghealthcarepolitics
(taken at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, 2013.)

This was too much news for a lone starling to bear, so the flock set out to spread the news far and wide. (Shot near Bismarck, North Dakota.)

I left the city
to fill my life with egrets,
Not live with regrets. #Haikufeels

Was trying to capture the dark ripple of a beaver, but it dove.