Prairie Dog
Spring is in the air at San Angelo State Park. The prairie dogs are enjoying the spring wildflowers and the Wild Turkeys are in love, as you can tell from the pictures. Ann and I caught these this morning as we took a little drive.
Enjoy the photos. Click on either one for an enlargement.
Wild Turkey - Displaying
Texas Tweeties by Bob Zeller 
Love the photographs, particularly the Prairie Dog – as colourful as the turkey looks, I still prefer them on a plate! I think you must be trying to overtake me here, Bob, because as soon as I have read your post, looked at the photographs and commented, up pops your response! I suppose that is as close as we can get to a ‘live’ confab on WordPress! Yippee-ay-ee-whatever it is back at ya!
Cheers
John
I can get pretty fast, John. I try to make a point to respond to every comment, as they are important to me. That prairie dog pic is one of my favorites. Thanks, again.
I totally agree with you, Bob! I try to do the same! I feel exactly the same way!
Oh my goodness that prairie dog is so dang cute!!
I agree, he is a real cutie. Thanks, Sheila 🙂
wonderful images Bob – great colors!
Thank you, Sheila, I appreciate it. 🙂
After being born and raised in Texas — living there for 28 years — I never saw a prairie dog in the wild. 😦
You must have lived in the eastern part of the state. Thanks for the comment. 🙂
My parents gifted me with a telephoto (Sigma 18-250) for my birthday and so I am looking forward to getting closer to birds and wildlife myself. Your images are my inspiration.
That’s great about the new lens. I am anxious to see your results. Thanks for your compliment, Cindy.
Great photos Bob!
Thanks, Tracy.
Beautiful!
Thank you very much, Karen.
Lovely photos! The prairie dog looks like he was posing for you among his carpet of flowers.
Thanks, Jo. I do think he was posing. 🙂
That turkey is a beauty!
Thank you very much.
The wildflowers around the prairie dog really make that photograph pop. They are a beautiful backdrop to the cute little animal 🙂
Thanks Shelly. I appreciate your kind words. 🙂
Wonderful images Bob, I simply adore the one of the Prairie Dog with the wildflowers, that is awesome.
Thank you very much, Mia. Those little guys are real cuties. 🙂
Your prairie dog photos are always so beautiful and capture the true spirit of a prairie dog. Just like the one you’ve had published twice 😉 love the turkey too! Great post, Bob and fantastic work!!
Thank you so much, Polly. Thank you for remembering the other one. 🙂
Ooh! I love prairie dogs, and I love those little purple flowers around him! Great shot!
Thanks so much, Bonnie, I appreciate it.
Yep..I agree Spring is definitely in the air. We saw our first Prairie Dog last week. Haven’t seen our turkeys for a while…we have lots of them here in Pagosa Country. Great shots and the clarity never seem to amaze me..especially the wildflowers as you could count each petal. We have ugly weather yesterday and today it is clearing out. Our bird feeder was visited by a Lewis Woodpecker and a Tri-colored Black bird. They are such beautiful birds..don’t mind them feeding now and then..Take care and waiting for the next post..
Thanks so much, Syl. I appreciate you. You have some amazing birds there that we don’t have here. I may try to go photograph wildflowers tomorrow. If I do, watch for a post about them.
Great photos Bob. I love the colorful wildflowers. We’re getting patches of green among the brown, but nothing so spring-like as this! (:
Thanks, Melissa, we were fortunate to finally get enough spring rains. The countryside around here is alive with color from all the wildflowers. I guess I need to go out and get a bunch of photos of them. 🙂
Both beautiful shots, Bob!
Thanks, Jim. Nice to hear from you.
The prairie dog amid wildflowers ought to be on the cover of National Wildlife!
Yeah, he is kinda cute, isn’t he. 🙂 Thanks, Cindy 🙂
Enjoy the Spring Bob! 🙂
Thanks, H.J.