Volcano's Band

Like I said before, I had heard Twister's band had broke up and I find a few of then with the sorrel, Volcano. Also with Volcano is his 2 year old son, Buck and Ash and Bonnie's yearling filly, Bonnie.

Buck and Sioux have formed a tight bond. It is so cute to see. She follows him everywhere! Buck is a 2 year old. These two could not have more different conformations.

I like Buck! He really has some size to him! Sioux is dainty and feminine. The diversity of this herd is amazing!

The grey mare, Shady, and her 2012 colt, Willow, are also with Volcano. Missing is her yearling filly, Promise. Her 2 year old filly, Whisp, is near by with Ash. Shady was one of Twister's lead mares. I wonder what happened to Twister and the rest of his band? Before this split he had the largest band on the HMA (Herd Management Area).

That's Scout...he is the 2012 colt to CopperGirl. CG is from Copper's band. She joined Twister last year as a 2 year old. She is a stunning liver chestnut.Scout is a strong, independent guy. Not as shy as his little half brother, Willow.

Here is his mom, CopperGirl. Such a beautiful Liver Chestnut color... The stallions just love this mare. She seems to spend more time flirting then being a mom, but here she hangs out with her mischievous son, who is taking a rest.

The solid sorrel on the left is Callie. She is a 2009 filly out of Jib and Crazy Horse. She also joined Twister as a 2 year old. All of these horses seemed healthy and very curious about us. There is no need to chase them with helicopters!

Callie....bait trapping would be a better, more humane, modern method.

Volcano is gorgeous! It is nice to see him with a family again. He has been a bachelor since he lost his mares to Mateo earlier this spring.

Volcano's Band.

Volcano's Band

It was really good to see Volcano's band. I had not seen them since early last summer. They appear in the spring and seem to vanish. There are two new members...Sugar, the grulla pinto and this little grey filly she looks after. I can not confirm the fillies ID, but it good be the coming 2 yr old from Jib's band, Jewel.

There are two stallions in this band, this one seems to be the leader....Volcano....a beautiful solid chestnut.

This is the other stallion, Phoenix. He is the satellite from what I can determine. These wild horses are very flighty and do not stick around for long!

Last year the stallions just had this one gorgeous grey mare, Lilly. Lilly had a filly (shown) last year we called Arrow. She also has her 2010 dun colt by her side, Buck.

The grulla mare gets around. When I first met her in the spring of 2010 she was with Centauro. She had a 2009 filly by her side, but left her with Centauro when she went off to be with Copper. She stayed with Copper for a while and then spent the summer of 2011 with WildWind. She is a babysitting mare ...she usually takes a youngster and treats it like her own.

Left to Right...Phoenix, Volcano, Sugar, Lilly, Arrow, Buck and Jewel (?)

It is only March, but most of the snow is gone and the wild horses are starting to use their waterholes.

Sugar with her new "adopted" daughter.

Phoenix

Arrow and Buck. When Arrow was born her stripe looked very much like an arrow. Hopefully I will see more of this elusive band...

Volcano's Band (feat Lilly's New Foal)

This is the lead chestnut stallion, Volcano.

...and this is his grey mare, Lilly, with her new foal and yearling colt, Buck. She is in heat and is being chased down.

The little foal keeps right up with her...

Volcano bred her more then once while I was there. She did not seem into it.

This is the other member of the band. He plays the role of satellite stallion and also would like to breed Lilly, but Volcano trys to keep him away.

Volcano, Lilly and the new foal (I think it is a filly). We ID'd her as Arrow.

Buck










Little Arrow gets a moments rest.