Watchmares

 Or, who needs watchdogs when you have mares? 

The mares have been really watchy lately. I try to see why, but they have better senses than I do. 

Velvet in particular is very aware of her surroundings. The watchiness is usually mornings and evenings (I can see their pasture from the house) so I was figuring wildlife of some sort. 

Then Ted figured it out when he spotted this:

Gussie is 15.2 hh, and she is closer than that bull moose, so you can figure just how huge he is!

There were 4 moose, browsing on the shrubs across the river. To their credit, the mares didn't get crazy, just ran to a spot where they could get a good look at them. 

Along with the moose, we got a spectacular sunset (view from the house)  and were able to watch as the moose (meese?) chowed their way along the riverbank, until it got too dark to see them. What a treat!

If I see them again, I will try for photos from my Nikon with the zoom lens, if my computer will cooperate in downloading that is.