Maiku and his band were practicing social distancing from another couple of bands in the area on this beautiful, golden evening in Spring Creek Basin.
Seasons turn
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Categories : McKenna Peak, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple Butte
Just that beautiful
18 05 2020
Storm was peacefully grazing along, and I was patiently watching to catch him in a better “pose” with that spectacular background, looking across Spring Creek Basin and Disappointment Valley, all the way to Utah! Maybe looking back to his mares or something.
Suddenly, the “something” happened, and he stopped with his head up, then performed a neat turn on the haunches and headed in the direction of the trees to the right. I never did figure out what caught his attention. But it gave me a nice little photo op of one of my very favorite boys with the La Sals still gleaming under a bit of snow in the distance.
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Categories : Disappointment Valley, La Sal Mountains, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Bright critter!
17 05 2020
Continuing the theme of interesting critters (besides the mustangs!) in Spring Creek Basin …! This guy or gal isn’t my first sighting of a collared lizard this season (it’s my second in just the past couple of days), but it’s the first one that was bold and willing to pose (momentarily).
It’s a total miniature dinosaur! Look at that face!
Do you think the dinos were so wonderfully, brightly colored? I’ve never really understood the environmental benefit to being SO bright in our drab desert land. Ma Nature made ’em very fast, so at least they’re likely challenging for aerial predators.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Wildlife
Prettily blurred
16 05 2020
This may be one of the worst pix I’ve shared on this blog, but I was so excited to see this little hummer – checking out the newly blooming prince’s plume! – that I thought I’d share this other cute little critter with all of you. 🙂
The hummer is terribly out of focus. This cute critter was even faster than the last cute critter I posted on the blog! You can’t even see its wings, they’re such a total blur.
We have lots of cute critters in Spring Creek Basin. Fast or slow (yes, the slithery types also are out and about, too), they’re all part of our wild world.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Wild flowers
Spotlight, on
15 05 2020
The handsome Killian always seems to have a spotlight shining right on him!
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
The saunter
14 05 2020
Corazon the plumpster walks into the sunset after his band.
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Cute critter
13 05 2020
Who doesn’t love a horny toad?!
I wish there was a way to show you all how tiny is this little critter. Probably not much bigger than a silver dollar. Just a little bitty, teeny tiny. And fast! And camera shy. 🙂
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area
Gold from the sky
12 05 2020
We did get some sprinkles yesterday in a couple of light waves, mostly in the evening.
It’s all welcome, and we’re grateful for even the smallest amount of moisture.
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Categories : Disappointment Valley, Rain, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area
Boulder magic
11 05 2020
We have some cool rocks in Spring Creek Basin.
We have some cool mustangs in Spring Creek Basin.
We also have some magic, proved here by Skywalker, who used his Jedi mind-mastery to pick just the right time to look back at me as I was aiming my lens through the hole in this boulder at the base of Filly Peak. Because he’s just a cool mustang, and he’s all ours in Spring Creek Basin. 🙂
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Happy Mother’s Day!
10 05 2020
To all the moms who teach us all the important things in life … especially, that love is universal and magical.
Happy beautiful days, mothers! We love you!
Happy spring day to MY mom! I love you!
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Categories : Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 