Pearson 1971 June 5 Badger Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. Saw a badger snuffling in the grass at the south-west edge of the dry field on School Hill. Stopped to watch him from 20ft. after about 2 min (3:25 pm DST) I heard something coming through the grass in the meadow behind me, I turned slowly and another smaller badger was coming towards me. It came up cautiously and sniffed at the camera case at my feet, peered up at me, then took alarm and ran off through the grass, doing a loop around toward the forest. The noise of No. 2 running through the grass frightened No. 1, who ran into the woods. No. 2's course intersected No. 1's and so No. 2 followed precisely in the trail of No. 1 and they met under a poison oak thicket and rubbed noses, then started to hunt again. I followed No. 1 and lost track of No. 2, but after about 5 minutes No. 2 headed toward me and came up to about 3 feet, peered at me, then went slowly off in another direction. I followed No. 1 as he fast hunted through the coffee (grassy weedy floor with lots of dead leaves mixed in). In 35 minutes of observation the badger covered 227 yds bee line or about 270 yds total, all but being pretty much in one direction. He did no real digging, all just snuffling and scratching a few times here and there. On 3 occasions he seemed to find something and chewed on it for about 20 or 30 seconds; I am pretty sure it was not mouse or gopher. Granoffens were abundant in the meadow, but I would not expect him to chew them that long. I was never more than 30 feet from him, frequently only 10. Much of the time I walked along beside him,