what animal???

[BIGINNER]

i was out las week coyote hunting,   i was walking through a small canyon, and noticed about 20 burrows on the side of the hills,  they were about 10 inches in diameter, and they weren't overgrown with weeds,  so i'm guessing threy were stil being used,   i couldn't find any tracks around the burrows,  they were about 20 - 50 feet apart.   and these burrows were all over the steep hillsides.   at first i thought maybe they belonged to coyotes,  but i don't think they would have there burrows so close together,   what do you guys think lives in these burrows?   badgers?      this is in the tri-cities area

[Buckmark]

Birds.

[sandythebowtotenmama]

Prairie Dogs

[BIGINNER]

birds?? with such big burrows?  what kind of bird we talking about here?

[BIGINNER]

not prarrie dogs either..  no prarrie dogs around here that i know of

[Buckmark]

birds?? with such big burrows?  what kind of bird we talking about here?

I am no avian specialist but possibly burrowing owls? The holes might actually be smaller the farther in they go and are just bigger from whatever going in and out alot??
Stick your hand in one as far as you can, that might solve the mystery? 
I'll even hold your beer..

[whacker1]

I always thought they were from Marmots

[BIGINNER]

lol...    i thought that maybe it was owls too,  but i've seen alot of burrowing owls,  i mean ALOT.  and the thing is i've never seen them havung burrows on a steep hill,  i'm talking 45 degrees,  maybe more,  i had to litterally climb up that hill.  

[BIGINNER]

it could be marmots,  but don't they hang out in rocky places,  this area had absolutley no rock anywhere,

[Buckmark]

You did say no tracks, if you can set up a trail cam for a day or two and then we will all know..

[BIGINNER]

You did say no tracks, if you can set up a trail cam for a day or two and then we will all know..

ya,  that would help,  but i can't afford a trail cam.  new kid is eating up all the money. 

what about badgers? could it be badgers?

[whacker1]

yes, I always thought marmots lived in the rocks too, but i have seen them on barren steep hillsides. just not very often.

[Buckmark]

You did say no tracks, if you can set up a trail cam for a day or two and then we will all know..

ya,  that would help,  but i can't afford a trail cam.  new kid is eating up all the money. 

what about badgers? could it be badgers?

Badgers, we dont need no stinkin badgers  , sorry couldn't help myself.

[DOUBLELUNG]

You did say no tracks, if you can set up a trail cam for a day or two and then we will all know..

ya,  that would help,  but i can't afford a trail cam.  new kid is eating up all the money. 

what about badgers? could it be badgers?

Badgers, we dont need no stinkin badgers  , sorry couldn't help myself.

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I think it is quite possible they are badger feeding digs, rather than occupied burrows.  When badgers get into a good colony of ground squirrels or a concentration of other small rodents, they will systematically dig them out.  And, badgers definitely like to dig into the side of steep banks, quite a bit easier than going down vertically.

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I think it is quite possible they are badger feeding digs, rather than occupied burrows.  When badgers get into a good colony of ground squirrels or a concentration of other small rodents, they will systematically dig them out.  And, badgers definitely like to dig into the side of steep banks, quite a bit easier than going down vertically.
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