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| I was driving along in the middle of nowhere and passed an old two track. I drove by, but for some reason turned around and turned down it. It was the right thing to do as I ran into "the dark ones"....Copper's band. This band is easy to tell apart as they are all dark, no greys, pintos or roans here. This amazing band is composed of beautiful bays, blacks and liver chestnuts. |
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| The band is led by Copper, the bay with three white socks. He really susses me out. I am afraid he will run, but he lets me have a quick look at his harem. I am more then thrilled. |
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| Here is the impressive stallion with a mare we call Maggie. I suspect she is a 2 yr old, but can't confirm. |
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| The little colt we named Red a couple of months ago has really grown. He has a little fox tail. So sturdy and strong! |
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| Red |
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| Here is the other 2011 colt, Boomer. His mom is the black with no white....Ebony. |
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| Boomer and his gorgeous mom, Ebony. |
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| Copper never takes his eyes off of me. I know my time is limited... |
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| Maggie the muley mare. She is an American Mustang. |
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| This is the solid bay, Scarlett. I think of her as an "auntie" mare. She has no offspring of her own, but looks after the youngsters. |
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| One of the two yearling colts, Coal. I do not know who his dam is, but would guess Evita.... |
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| ....because I know this guy's dam is Ebony. The chestnut we named Flame. This band is challenging for a wild horse documenter. Not a lot of distinctive markings here. |
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| One more thing. I was happy to see Dolly, Tuscarora's 2 year old, with Copper. She was on my MIA list, but is now found. She is good friends with Maggie. Long live Copper's band! This was an awesome encounter with this shy, elusive band of rare Colorado wild horses. Thank you Copper! |
2 comments:
Nancy, you did a great job on this gallery. excellent images to say the least. i'm wondering what Dolly looks like. i may have a photo of her. gotta love Red's tail! these dark horses are tough to photograph in the bright surroundings of SWB.
peace to the angels of the land
Marty, Dolly has kind of a long face with a thin stripe that cuts off in the middle...I posted a photo and then it got deleted. I thought I'd leave it that way to keep the HSUS guessing. I would be interested to know if she was there when you saw them....She is from that band that little Arctic is in. She is big. I think my camera is getting old, but can't afford a new one. Your lens is so much better, but mine will do for now. I had to sell my back up for money so I can keep going out there. Sad the BLM nor the HSUS pays me! Thanks for reading my blog. I keep it going so I have a journal of my adventures and we will know who the horses are when they are rounded up. I hope people read it! Glad I have you....Nancy
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