A little surprise in Denver

I don't know why I was surprised, but driving in from the Denver airport I just didn't expect to see prairie dogs. It's like they live there, in the wild! Which, of course, they do.

At first I thought they were in a preserve area or something -- silly me! Look at that barbed wire fence ... the spacing's a little wide for prairie dog containment. Back in Illinois we have a few trees and squirrels running around all the time. So out here in Denver it makes sense that, with few trees, there would be prairie dogs, fashioning their own retreats underground. A pleasant little diversion for the observant visitor.