Mammoth & Lamar River Bridge Census Yellowstone May 26, 1932 about 2 minutes. We were under the impression that the badger was waiting its opportunity to seize the bird but the latter flew away. The badger. The badger laid by the den 35 minutes (raising its head at intervals to look around) then went down its hole. We approached the hole & looked in. Just then the badger peered out at me for a moment, then disappeared. We sat down to wait a few minutes. When we next looked, the burrow was plugged. It is well to note here that Mrs. Ben Arnold, Ranger Naturalist tells of a badger entering a chicken coop here at Mammoth several years ago and killing & dragging 15 chickens. The following night, the badger returned to the coop or was caught & killed. This perhaps throws some light on the question of the disappearance of the pygmies of Trumpeter Lake — ) at least another suspect is added.