This was the second of the three bands I saw in Piceance-East Douglas. They were quite a bit more wary than the first band, so I didn’t get to spend much time with them.
Notice the haze in the background; a prescribed burn was going on nearby. It was not close enough to be a danger to the herd, and the area received rain the night before, which served to cool temperatures for the first time in a long time.
It was a beautiful day on the range. Although I didn’t see many horses (the third band was far away across a road, arroyo and sagebrush-and-rabbitbrush sea), this is such a beautiful area that the looking made it all worthwhile. 🙂 And the horses just happen to be as gorgeous as any mustangs I’ve ever seen!
(The yellow-flowering vegetation behind the horses is rabbitbrush, also called chamisa. The rabbitbrush in Piceance was ahead of ours here in Disappointment Valley.)
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Looking forward to visiting this herd management area someday! Such good looking mustangs…and rabbitbrush! Our rabbitbrush has been particularly pretty this year too. Lots of blooms.