Question: Is Mysterium posing, or is she alert to something?
Hint: She does love her naps, when it might look like she’s “posing,” but she really doesn’t do posing. 🙂
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?!?!?!!!!
I was sitting on the ground, lens trained on some horses, when I heard them spook and looked up to see that something had caught their attention. THEY didn’t go far at all (more a spook-in-place kind of thing), and then I saw a flash of moving-red … FOX! Wow. It must have been in one of the little/shallow curvy arroyos nearby, and I’m not sure what spooked IT. I must have walked semi-past it earlier to go uphill of where the horses were (note the view beyond Mysterium!).
Unfortunately, there was a tree between us, and then it disappeared into one of the drainage folds … and when I caught sight of it next, it was nearly over the ridge. I wish it had stopped to give us a quick look, but nope.
Wowowowowow! I think the mustangs were just as thrilled (OK, interested) as I was. I doubt they see many flashy red foxes around. (We weren’t super far from where I found the fox last year, but we weren’t close, either. I don’t know what kind of territory a fox covers?)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
I love Mysterium’s facial expression. And what a treat to catch a glimpse – and two photos! – of that beautiful red fox! Nice work, TJ.
She’s always so completely calm and unruffled. 🙂 I sure wish I’d been faster on the trigger (err, shutter) to catch that fox, but it was gone in nearly a blink!
She is such a pretty gal! So lucky to get a picture of the sly fox!
She is. One of our wise matriarchs! I love foxes and wish I’d been as watchful as the horses were when it bounded into view. 🙂