The Rest of the Story!

This picture doesn't tell it all. This is one time I should have taken a panorama. On our recent drive around the San Juan Skyway we came upon this large field with about 100 prairie dogs all sitting on top of their mounds and looking one direction. Well, this was something we had not seen before, even though there are many fields of prairie dogs in this area. You usually see a few out of their holes, a few scampering around but never a whole field of them standing at attention. Well, inquiring minds want to know, so we pulled over to the side of the road to check it out. And then we saw the object of their attention. A lone fox, dragging his tail and sleeking off into the distance. It appeared that the colony had been alerted and he had been stared down by a field of prairie dogs. I guess there is strength in numbers. . . . sf