WildWind's Band



It is always fun to see WildWind's beautiful band. They can be quite elusive and it is no guarantee they will stick around. I am alone on this day so I know I have a good chance they will let me view them. Through a friend's photos I knew something was wrong with the elegant sorrel's right ear...we all assumed it had been bitten off in battle.
Lto R WildFire, WildSoul,WildStar,Maggie, Sugar, WildHeart, WildFlower, WildThing, and WildBoy

Well, when I saw this I knew something else was going on. It looks like some kind of growth? I went through my photos and a couple of months ago he had it, but it was smaller (but a lot more blood) and I never even took  notice. Now it is huge! But he seems in good health otherwise.

Close up view of the "growth". It has really damaged his ear and is still leaking a little blood. Maybe it is an abscess?

Don't feel too sorry for him..in the meantime he acquired Maggie, a 2 year old filly from Copper's Band (The Dark Ones). She is still settling into this band, but seems to have made a few friends and WildWind adores her.

She is the only mustang I can think of that has this coloring. I think of it as "muley", but is it called
"seal brown?' She is in good nick.

This white mare we call WildHeart. She is easy to tell apart from the other white mares by her "smudge mark" over her heart. She is one of the lead mares. She did not have a foal this year, but has her yearling colt and 2 year old daughter by her side still. She was clearly lead mare until Sugar came along (below). Now it seems like they share that duty.

The grey in the middle is WildHeart's 2 year old daughter, WildStar. She had a foal this year and boy is he cute! Aleta named him WildSoul. WildStar gets a lot of help raising him. The three mature mares are always near by, especially the grulla pinto, who also did not foal this year.

WildWind has two yearling colts...WildFire (grey) and WildBoy (sorrel). They are best of friends.

The youngest member....a little filly...WildFlower. Her mom is the sorrel who is also the mom of WildBoy.

The grulla pinto, Sugar, helps the young filly raise her colt. Sugar was not always in this band. When I first met her she was with Centauro with her 2009 filly, Gypsy. She left that band (and her filly) and then joined Copper. I first saw her with this stallion this spring. So she knows Maggie well who was with Copper.

The young mom is a little thin and not too interested in her foal, but lets him nurse. I was shocked this spring when I saw a few two year olds with foals. I honestly did not know a yearling filly could be bred, but it is rare. Anyway our little guy looks healthy and has a strong family to see him around the range. I hope this little mare does not get pregnant again.

The stand out yearling colt...WildFire. Is he not a beaut?

WildWind snakes his harem away.  A few minutes later they bolted and it was a sight to see them run like that! It will be interesting to see what happens to that ear! Let me know if you know what it is...thanks. N