A skunk in the grass

We had a few minutes between the artist's co-op meeting and another meeting last night, so we took a walk along CR J, which runs along the south edge of the town of Mancos. There's a farm there, plus cottonwood and mulberry trees , with low, grassy pasture on the town side of the road.

'Twas a beautiful evening, with that golden light that comes when the sun is near setting, and all was peaceful. As we walked past a little grove of cottonwoods on the south side of the road, I saw a doe standing there, watching us. Then I could see two long ears in the grass. In a moment, the doe and two fawns spooked and moved out into the field, where they began to graze peacefully.

A little further along the road, another doe slipped into the grass and brush on the north side, then vamoosed over fences in the grassland below the road.

Then Sandy spotted a skunk coming out of a driveway ahead of us, heading across the road. I couldn't get a shot of it in the clear, but we watched it unconcernedly snuffling along through through the roadside grass. It finally went down into some brush below the road, out of reach of prying eyes.

A beautiful evening stroll along the edge of town, filled with wildlife! tv