Femurs Band (feat Jet's Babies)

I see Femur's band quite often. The bay stallion has had them near the entrance, often near the road where they are easy to observe. Pictured is the entire band minus Femur.

Femur acquired this harem from Jet this spring. I have no idea how this happened. Femur is more tolerant of people then Jet is so it is nice we are able to get a close up view of Jet's beautiful foals.

This is a two year old filly we call Makani. Either Zephyr or Sunspot is her dam (I'd have to look that up). Anyway whoever the dam is she left Makani here with Femur.

This is Zephyr's yearling filly, Kinstry. She is turning into a grulla like her mom. It is unusual for a mare to leave her yearling daughter, but there is always an exception to the rule here. Zephyr found her way back to the black, Jet, and has had a new foal.

This is Scenic. I think of her as an auntie mare. She had a black baby of her own in 2009, but it vanished. She has not had another foal since, but she looks after the other youngster's that Jet left behind.

This filly is the only one in this band that is with their dam. It shows, she is a long two year old but was nursing earlier this summer! Her dam has not had another foal since this one (Dazzle). They are attached at the hip.

Gypsy...I am pretty sure this is Zephyr's 2 yr old filly she left behind. Once again, I'd have to go back and search my records.

I was glad to see little Nimbus, I had seen a yearling that looked like him, turns out he looks a lot like Diego from Rounder's band. This confirms who I saw earlier with bachelors was Diego. The greys are hard to ID.

I can spot this band a mile away by Razzle's swirl, no mistaking this mare.

The stallion, Femur. When I first met him he had Yellow Cat and Vogue plus Vogue's filly, Gem. Then he was a lonely ole bachelor stallion. Now he has this entire band! I don't know if the mares have really accepted him. They just don't "blend" like some other bands. Do they pine for Jet?

Femur is quite friendly towards humans. He usually comes up to have a sniff. So different then Jet who would snort and prance! I love them both.

Everyone in this colorful band looks good going into winter. They will have to be in top shape to make it through the long and brutal Colorado winter.