We are in prairie dog land. And we know they are discussing us. Chattering about what precisely, rumors or innuendo, we don’t know. We are blissfully unaware. Still, it is unsettling the way prairie dogs look at you.
We haven’t seen bison since ‘the stampede’, as we are calling it.
There are other icons of the wild that come out to trick or treat at night.
‘Sounds of terror’, (what prairie dogs call hawks) can be heard above.
Wolves animate the night with stares, howls, and pacing.
The swift fox leaves its den on summer evenings.
In this haunting backdrop, Aka and Asii are our stewards for the night.