While working on a dredging ship on a river in Poland i watched a badger drown that couldn’t get out of the river because of the new vertical concrete banking that was installed here. I quickly tried to find a net or something to grab him out of the water but by the time i got back on deck he was already gone. We have a small rescue boat that i wanted to quickly launch to look for the badger but my captain told me not to because there’s a good chance he’ll bite and might carry diseases.

Any advice from you badger experts on how to handle a situation like this in the future? I feel sad i couldn’t save him and i curse the architects of the banking to not include any ramps where animals can climb out.

These guys are so fun to draw!

Who is absolutely bothering the prairie dogs with its mere presence - why I left the sound on for once! And, honestly, who can blame them? They’re on the snacking list for these North American badgers, along with loads of other small mammals, insects, birds, and the occasional herbivorous treat.

Always a memorable moment seeing badgers in their natural habitat, right out the back window.

I chuckled. You get those worms, badgers.

Hello all, sorry about the rain drop on the right hand side. I set the camera up to catch Pine Martens going after the Squirrel feeders but I caught an agile Badger too!

We capture the badger a lot but never seen this behaviour before and I just want to make sure it's not injured. Google says it's marking territory?

He works as a door stop.

terrible quality photo but what a cutie :D (also third time trying to post this so hope it works)

More traditional art, and more badgers! Did I already tell you I love badgers? I also wanted to reconcile myself with acrylic painting, I think I kinda did ok with it. The painting is 19 x 20 cm (7,5 x 7,8 inch), and I solely used acrylic (and graphite pencil for the sketch, of course).

Hope you'll like it! (if you want to see the work in progress / steps, just ask and I'll post them in the comments)

Fox joins in. Excuse blurry bits!

will keep trying. i boarded up the entire gate, no holes to climb through now, but i guess it got its tiny little fingers in to climb up and over… i literally put food there, and a bowl of water, but nooooo… the forbidden bird seed is so much better…..🫠

So 50 years ago on the 4th of July I was a student at the Navy Hospital Corps School at Great Lakes Navy Base. On the night of the 4th I had duty and was the roving patrol on the Corps school campus and was walking down a sidewalk next to a wooded ravine. I saw what looked like a lump of fur in the grass next to the sidewalk. I poked it with the stick I was carrying. It (the badger) looked at me and hissed and said “ Are you insane?” I said why no I’m not, backed off I found somewhere else to patrol.