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| A wild horse near Rocky. |
We got out for a drive on Friday and aimed for the Forestry Trunk Road, south and west of Rocky. Just before the turnoff from the secondary highway to the FTR we saw three wild horses standing in deep snow in the ditch.
I took several photos of them and then several more after we'd turned around and headed home.
They hadn't moved.
We saw the deep packed trails they made in along the ditches looking for food. It's a hard winter for a horse, and all the other wildlife, too.
I am grateful to have seen them, and I hope they survive.
12 comments:
A lovely encounter, and i hope they survive, too. It's been a hard winter for everyone.
Aye, Messymimi.
I'm looking at that smooth unbroken snow and wondering what on earth they're finding to eat. Goats can digest twigs and bark…horses, not so much.
Mary Anne in Kentucky
Mary Anne, they've trampled some trails so they may be finding grass. Also, I saw a few bare spots on south facing slopes. It's slim, though.
All the animals and birds are sure having it tough this year and I am sure some will not make it. Hard to see these animals trying to hold on.
It is difficult to see, Tabor.
This guy actually looks pretty darned good, considering how much snow we've had! It's been a tough winter on all living creatures.
Yes, he wasn't nearly as ribby as the ones near Harlech, But, it could just be the angle.
Glad you captured the shot, and hoping for better weather and more abundant food for all the wildlife out there!
Thanks, Crabby. I hope so, too.
It's difficult to see them struggle. I hope he does okay. I'll bet you were tempted to pick up some feed and scatter it for them...though unless the snow it packed down or very icy, it would likely just sink.
Hilary, on the way out we saw a hay bale in the ditch. We could have given them free food.
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