winterbadger | snowy badgers

It struck me that I don't have any icons of badgers in the snow which, since my journal is named winterbadger, is quite an omission.

Now, of course, badgers like to stay warm and dry in their setts during the winter whenever possible (though late winter is badger mating season, so they're out and about a good bit more then), and they're nocturnal and shy to begin with, so there aren't a lot of snowy badger photos out there. But I found three, on sites from Scotland, Wales, and one from the UK but showing a Russian badger. I also found this nice site about badgers.

If you have the time, please do visit these sites and please consider supporting a badger- or other wildlife-protection group. Wild animals are having an increasingly difficult time, as more and more land is "developed" and creatures who would not normally come into contact with humans do so, often to the disadvantage of the wild creatures.

Edit: Steve Clark of Gwent Badger Group kindly allowed me to use his copywritten badger photo for one of my icons; to see the original, go to this page.