Prairie Dog - Canton Oklahoma
by Debra Martz
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Prairie Dog - Canton Oklahoma
Artist
Debra Martz
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Photograph - Photography
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Prairie Dog - Canton Oklahoma by Debra Martz After a recent move to northern Oklahoma, we set out to discover what nature had to offer in the area by visiting one state park and a lake not far away. We watched for birds and saw a good number of fall migratory birds and then we came upon a Prairie Dog colony at Canton Lake. I did some research back home to find that there are 5 different species in the US but only one in Oklahoma which is named for the black tip on its tail. The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a “keystone” species in the short- and mixed-grass prairie ecosystems. At least nine species of wildlife depend on prairie dogs, another 20 opportunistically use prairie dog colonies. I had my binoculars scanning this Prairie Dog town in hopes of seeing a Burrowing Owl which is one of the known opportunistic birds that will use the prairie dog colonies especially for nesting and breeding...I shall return in the Spring/early Summer and look again.
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February 20th, 2020
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Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Debra – your small den animal has been featured by the Go Take a Hike Photography Group! Feel free to add it to the 2023 Featured Images thread in the group discussion board for archive.
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