Red Fox at Hortobágy National Park

Hortobágy National Park, in eastern Hungary's Great Hungarian Plain, protects one of Europe's largest surviving expanses of natural puszta, a UNESCO-listed mosaic of steppe grassland, marshes, fishponds, and shallow alkaline lakes. This open, wintry landscape gives photographers on the Eagles of the Hortobágy holiday a rare chance to work with long, uncluttered sightlines across the plain. January visits bring the puszta into its starkest, most atmospheric form, ideal for capturing the Red Fox against the pale grassland and still waters. Patience and a willingness to scan the open terrain will serve photographers well in this vast, exposed setting.