Splendour

This is one of two absolutely gorgeous horses that we came across on our Audubon Christmas Bird Count in the Snakeshead area, near Sundre (north of Calgary), two days ago. The other horse was as similar colour but had just the "spot" on its forehead, whereas this one has the stripe, too. I couldn't believe the rich colour of their winter coats. Note the slightly ice-crystalled nose and whiskers - after all, it was -30C!