{"id":22324,"date":"2026-07-22T08:22:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=22324"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:22:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:22:37","slug":"prairie-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=22324","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/psnp.info\\\/p4td_\\\/?p=22324\"}'   class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"22323\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=22323\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc07300.jpg?fit=2000%2C1902&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1902\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc07533.jpg?fit=300%2C246&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc07533.jpg?fit=904%2C740&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"740\" data-id=\"22322\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/dsc07533.jpg?resize=904%2C740&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22322\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prairie Dogs: Aurora, Colorado, USA, July 2026 \u2014 We took the girls to a new (to us) park and were surprised to find a large, healthy-looking Prairie Dog town right behind the park. There were hundreds of burrows and possibly a thousand Prairie Dogs. Despite the drought, they seemed well-fed, and there were lots of young. Of course, we kept our distance. Sony a6700. Sigma 16-300 Contemporary at anything from 450 to 700mm crop. Program with bird and wildlife modifications. 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