Prairie dogs were popping up and popping down.

Prairie dogs ( genus Cynomys ) are burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.

Prairie dogs raise their heads from their burrows in response to disturbances.

Prairie dogs are named for their habitat and warning call, which sounds similar to a dog's bark.

Prairie dogs are chiefly herbivorous, though they eat some insects.

Prairie dogs at a burrow entrance

Prairie dogs live mainly at altitudes ranging from 2, 000 to 10, 000 ft above sea level.

Prairie dogs showing affection

Prairie dogs also have a mating call which consists of a set of two to 25 barks with a 3-to 15-second pause between each one.

Prairie dogs with kin close by called more often than those that did not have kin nearby.

Prairie dogs are also very susceptible to bubonic plague, and many wild colonies have been wiped out by it.

* Italian association of Prairie dogs

Prairie dogs also trim the vegetation around their colonies, perhaps to remove any cover for predators.

Prairie dogs, one of the favorite foods of the Ferruginous Hawk

The Red River College Students ' Association ( RRCSA ) operates a convenience store at the Notre Dame Campus called " The Ox " which offers chips, drinks, health and beauty, chocolate bars, gum, lottery, cigarettes, as well as baked goods from Tall Grass Prairie Bakery, bubble tea, bus passes, hot dogs and reverse-osmosis water.

Similar to " The Ox " at the Notre Dame Campus, the RRCSA operates a convenience store at the Roblin Centre called " The Mercantile " which offers chips, drinks, health and beauty, chocolate bars, gum, lottery, cigarettes, as well as baked goods from Tall Grass Prairie Bakery, bubble tea, bus passes and hot dogs.

Prairie dogs give alarm calls when they detect a potentially dangerous stimulus.

Prairie dogs have one of the most sophisticated languages in the animal world — a system of high-pitched yips and barks — and can run up to 35 miles per hour ( 55 km / h ).

* Prairie dogs videos ( in English )

Prairie dogs employ a complex form of communication that involves barks and rhythmic chirps.

" New Texas has a native population of " Prairie People ," which are small beings who resemble prairie dogs ( both Scuzz and Fuzz are members of this species ), and has been colonized by a multi-planet government.

The carnivorous Black-footed ferret is heavily dependent on a plentiful supply of Prairie dogs as this constitutes the bulk of their food intake.

Hercules L. Dousman, fur trader and merchant at Prairie Du Chien, contracted to supply Selkirk's people with some 300 head of cattle, and Alexis Bailly and Francois Labothe were hired as drovers.

As these Swiss were moving from the Selkirk settlement to become the first civilian residents of Minnesota, Dousman of Michilimackinac, Michigan, and Prairie Du Chien was traveling to Red River to open a trade in merchandise.

In 1985 some parents were trying to have Prairie Street School re-opened.

U. S. efforts at mediation included multi-tribal treaty councils at Prairie du Chien in 1825 and 1830, in which tribal boundaries were drawn.

Thousands of Union troops and their supplies came to Rolla by train from St. Louis and then were transferred to wagon trails to go to the battles of Wilson Creek in Springfield and Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove in Arkansas, plus a number of other smaller skirmishes.

Kent and Prairie were the last to be created, in 1864.

Two possible routes were proposed, one passing through Prairie Grove, the other through Fayetteville.

The second group of Plains Indians ( sometimes referred to as Prairie Indians ) were the semi-sedentary tribes who, in addition to hunting buffalo, lived in villages and raised crops.

Many buildings in Oak Park were built by other Prairie School architects such as George W. Maher, John Van Bergen, and E. E.

Prairie du Pont is about ten or twelve feet higher than Cahokia, and in the time of the floods, the people of the Latter village were obliged to flee to the bluffs and higher grounds for safety.

The first settlements were near the Little Wabash River and Big Prairie, one of the numerous prairies in the county.

" This is in reference to the brickyards that were located on the north side of Hobart, close to the Cressmore Prairie.

The Prairie Wind Player's 1993 production of Jesus Christ Superstar made national headline's for its innovative casting ( nearly all characters were portrayed by women, including Jesus ).

Claims were made on " Bottineau Prairie " and it wasn't long before other brave and adventurous men came to the area.

There were originally three names proposed for the new township: Colfax, Grand Prairie, and Union Township.

Prairie du Rocher and Cahokia, Illinois were also early local French colonial settlements on the east side of the river.

Significant portions of the 1961 film The Intruder ( Directed by Roger Corman and starring William Shatner ) were filmed in East Prairie.

In 2004, the village was ordered legally dissolved by a Franklin County Court of Common Pleas judge, and its residents, land and assets were made part of Prairie Township.

Around 1916 East Bernard became an independent school district, and by 1956 nearby schools in Nottawa, Muldoon, Bernard Prairie, and Lissie were consolidated with the East Bernard school.

It was called the Prairie House, and was a tavern that primarily served travelers who were on their way to the gold mines in Montana.

The Thorp Prairie deposits were also delivered by the Thorp Glacial episode.