Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

These little butterflies are everywhere lately, trying to find our few wildflowers, doing their best to further the pollination in this very dry spring. I didn’t realize I’d caught the butterfly with Juniper until I saw the image on my computer later. 🙂 Both bright spots of goodness!

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Speaking of bright spots, we got a nice drizzle of rain yesterday! I’d love to have more (you know I always want *more rain*!), but at least this bit of moisture will help our grasses and other vegetation, not to mention those water catchments.

By the time I got up on the ridge and had taken my time visiting with and photographing Hollywood, Sundance’s were dropping off the ridge and Storm’s band was about to. So I didn’t get a lot of pix of them, but that was OK. Above is Storm with Gaia and Mysterium before they headed down. I wish I’d gotten a better composition with that balanced rock behind them!

It’s not nearly as steep over the edge behind them as it looks. I moseyed over there as they were heading down, but I didn’t follow them as it was getting late and I had a long walk back.

Quietly waiting and watching Storm’s and Sundance’s bands heading off the ridge. He’d been watching them to his left. … I caught this pic as he turned to look directly at me.

Still a bit lean, still shedding some tufts of his winter coat. Always handsome.

Did I mention that it was REALLY windy that day, up on that ridge? I may have forgotten that part; here, wind in the spring is such a usual occurrence, it’s as normal and regular as sunshine.

By the time I moved away from Hollywood and closer to Sundance’s and Storm’s bands, Sundance’s were on their way down another little finger ridge. But when he stopped to pose as only Sundance can (!), the wind had its artful way with his mane and tail!

(From 8 this morning until midnight, pretty much all of western Colorado is under a high wind warning. I’m predicting NON-pretty dusty air by the end of the day.)

From that amazing ridge in far southeastern Spring Creek Basin, Hollywood’s path down another little finger ridge gave me some of the most dramatic pix I’ve ever taken of a mustang in the basin. You’ll likely be seeing some more pix of Hollywood in the near future … because he didn’t just go down that ridge and disappear over the edge. He came back up. I’m not sure why, but you’d better believe that I took photographic advantage.

Hollywood, the legend. 🙂