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| Not a lot of white in Copper's band. |
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| The bay band stallion. This band is very elusive and not real tolerant of people. |
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| There are 2 2011 colts in this band, Boomer and Red. This is Boomer. |
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| This is Red. |
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| Two very shy wild horses...yet curious. I have these all ID'd and genders confirmed, but I am getting to the point I would have to go back and look at my records. This place is huge! No one person could ever document a range this big. It would have to be a GROUP EFFORT. Time to unite and not be "Johnny come lately" if they decide to round up our friends...I am advocating for bait trapping, enlarging the HMA to the east. Feeding some of the horses and get them used to corrals..... PZP select mares....To me the most important thing is getting accurate numbers and record what it going on. For the modern day mustang, documentation is key to their management. My dream would be to never use helicopters again out at SWB. We could humanely bait trap a few youngsters if we need to adopt any out...For now I am concerned with them making it through the winter... |
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| I just love this big, solid bay mare...she has no offspring off her own, but is an excellent "auntie" horse to the youngsters. We call her Scarlett. |
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| Copper with his yearling colt, Coal. |
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| The black mare, Evita, looks pregnant again. She is a prolific mare, but many out here are not. |
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| After a mud bath. |
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| It is always special when I see "the dark band". They are really difficult to document because of the lack of white markings, but I think I have got it down (for now)! |
2 comments:
My mustang was wild in NW Nevada until he was 9 or so. I've had him for 11 years now, and FINALLY, this year he has quit panicking when flight for life helicopters fly overhead.
(A couple years ago, I started feeding whenever a chopper went over, so now he wanders over to his food dish when the racket starts)
Bill
I didn't remember what the band leader was, so know I know. Keep me posted if Evita has a foal. Thanks for all your hard work documenting the SWB wild horses. I for one appreciate what you are doing and trying to accomplish with doing this. Thank you for sharing your photos and your knowledge.
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