William H. Wiley
402-875-1809
bill@wmwiley.com
1221 Rockhurst Dr.
Lincoln, NE 68510
Called the “barking squirrel” by the Lewis and Clark expedition, prairie dogs are named for their habitat and warning call, which sounds similar to a dog’s bark. They tend to live in areas prone to environmental threats, including hailstorms, blizzards, floods, drought and prairie fires. Their burrows are typically 16-33 feet long and 6½ to 10 feet below the ground. Prairie dogs are highly social, living in colonies that can span hundreds of acres.
Searching for a tasty mouse or vole, this coyote would trot a short distance, stop, cock his ears, look intently at the ground, jump like an acrobat into the air, spiral nose down into the dense brush and raise his head with a mouse in his mouth. Specialists in rodent control, coyotes and foxes perfected this technique eons ago using their acute hearing and keen sense of smell.
