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Greeting the Sun


A black-tailed prairie dog peeks out of its burrow at sunrise in Taos, New Mexico

Hello world!

A black-tailed prairie dog peeks up out of its hole as the sun first illuminates its burrow. I saw this little fellow in New Mexico in 2007, the first time I had seen a prairie dog since we saw them at Custer State Park in South Dakota in 1996.

A black-tailed prairie dog sits outside its burrow at sunrise in Taos, New Mexico

A black-tailed prairie dog greets the rising sun