OMG - a BADGER

On Monday evening, I went with several friends on the annual Mountain Bluebird route evening, SW of the city, with Don Stiles. He has been monitoring Bluebirds for many, many years, with great dedication. Some people had to get home earlier, but the remaining few of us were SO lucky to see this amazing, distant Badger in a field of Dandelions. Thanks so much, birder friend Kathy, for cleverly spotting this animal that we so very rarely get to see. What an absolute treat! Only two or three of my photos came out at all - when the animal was lying lower, my camera focused on the blades of grass that were in front of its face : ) I'm still thrilled to have this (fully zoomed, heavily cropped) photo, though!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_badger