First off, a disclaimer:

"Wild Horses" in America are actually more accurately described as feral horses, even though they have been feral for hundreds of years. The horse is not a native to the north American continent. That's why I will post all pictures of Mustangs under "Domesticated Animals"

Alright, anyway...

Yesterday My friend and I drove out to Mesa Verde National Park Colorado. It was amazing and hopefully I will get some pictures of the ruins up later. while we were leaving my friend who was driving slams on the breaks as a coyote ran across the road. We watched him run and were surprised to see a female Mule Deer in pursuit of the canine. After a few moments of laughter we looked through the trees that the deer and the coyote had come and saw a small band of the park's mustangs. My friend, bless him, consented to parking the car and I hopped out and started to slowly walk sideways towards them, taking pictures the entire time.

I approached the band and was thrilled to see that two of the members walked towards me. One of those horses was this beautiful boy. He sniffed me inquisitively with his ears up from about 10 feet away. At this point I had crouched down and was watching them out of the corner of my eye. Staring directly at a horse makes them nervous, and pegs you as a predator. At this moment I didn't know this guy's gender, I assumed he was a mare, for some reason. Well, very shortly he walked away from me and determined that I was not that much of a threat. He dropped down and rolled in the dust. I was shocked and delighted to see that this was in fact a stallion.

From that moment on he didn't bother with me too much, as long as I moved slowly he would ignore me. As soon as I would take a step too quickly he would turn his head around, and stare at me, making sure I wasn't a threat to his tiny band of two mares and a foal.

This photo was taken while he was getting up. I have other pictures where he looks more stately, however this one really shows off his big mustang head and his beautiful coloring. Perhaps there will be more photos of this boy of his heard forthcoming.