Spring Creek Basin Mustangs

I love to see a round mustang in winter. 🙂

The UFO-looking hill in the background is called Round Top (though a friend calls it Saucer (as in Flying) Hill, and I wish I’d known that name first!). Hiking up to the top provides a wonderful view of most of Spring Creek Basin (and well beyond).

The very last light illuminates the bare essentials.

Sly Kestrel thinks she’s sneaking up on me in an arroyo.

Truly, I run out of superlatives for this handsome boy.

Here, he and his band, which has grown by a couple over the last few months, were nearly to a pond for their evening drink when they spotted another band coming from the far side of a nearby ridge. The other band was nearly to them before Sundance’s band went to the edge of the pond – where another band had been drinking just before THEY arrived. They finished their drinking in peace while the other band waited respectfully, then changed places with only a minimum of fuss between Sundance and the other (much younger) stallion.

They’re still fuzzy, with more winter still to come (and hopefully, some snow).

Although the “white spot” in this image – the always lovely Terra – is a very glorious and gorgeous “white” spot in an otherwise brown landscape, we could sure use some white, wet stuff on the ground!

Light sure looks good on a golden mustang, doesn’t it? 🙂