I snapped a contender for 2023 Photo of the Year today, catching this fox hunting voles just outside my back garage door. A split second after I got this image, the fox took off like a shot. I hope he comes back and gets some more voles.

Fox eating a vole.

A few other early contenders for 2023 POY:

A bison is not a uniform shade of brown, Badlands.

Frosty morning in Custer State Park.

Bighorn ram jumps a creek, Custer State Park.

Bighorn ram on the rocks, Custer State Park.

Frost-covered bison, Wind Cave.

Yellowstone coyotes.

Back yard hawk.

Yellowstone bighorn.