Bachelor Stallions Plus Cinder

Today I see this wonderful group of wild horses. They are all bachelor stallions except the little dark grey one. I am almost certain that is Cinder. She is only an yearling and I am wondering why she is not with her family band (Prancer's). This has happened to yearling fillies before, but it is unusual. She has a slight limp.

The stud colt leading the way is Falcon from Eagle's band (The Bird Herd). He is a 2 year old and this is the first time I have seen him with bachelors. His mom, Lark, recently had her 2012 filly, Robin, and Eagle must have told him it was time to fly.

This handsome pinto is the son of Picasso and Mingo. We call him Tango. it has been a long time since I have seen him. He is now a three year old and is really blooming. He seems to be in charge of Cinder, but is scrapping with Hawk over her.

Cinder....her mom is Josie who was last seen with Prancer. White Out is the most likely sire of this greying out filly. I am only 90% sure this is her. I'd have to see Prancer's band to confirm, but the stars match up in older photos of her.

Look at those perfect hooves! This is Hawk. He is a three year old from Centauro's band. Reyna is his dam.

The mustangs go to Sheepherder Springs for a drink.....

The catch pond is empty. We are in severe draught.

Our BLM installed this solar panel pump which is filling this old trough. I have never seen horses drinking from it, but other folks have.

These four do not drink. They move on to the next water hole....Here you can seee how dry it is.

Bachelor Stallions

I found out this week The BLM nor The HSUS will give me any money for my photos or data. I have to form an organized group. I would like to do this as a full time job this summer  (getting a group started and leading a public documentation). I found out the HSUS is not studying the social structure of this herd, just "counting foals" and monitoring the original 60 mares that were given PZP in 2008. I feel there is a need for this. One of the reasons is to provide the BLM with accurate numbers.

I also found out bait trapping is being considered. I can only see this as a step in the right direction.

Anyway , once again, if you would like to sponsor me send check or money order to The SWBWH Club PO Box 1728 Hayden Co 81639.
Thanks, Nancy Roberts

My resume is this blog and my albums on facebook...this has taken me hundreds of hours and thousands of miles...I hope it will somehow help these wild horses. Thank You to everyone who has gotten me this far! Let's Think Positive and Move Forward to a better, more humane way of mangement!

Lightning...I saw him on this day with Hawk and Kokomo. He has been a real loner since losing his mares in 2010. It was nice to see him with other stallions. He looks really good and seemed dominant among the other two horses

The three year old, Hawk. Hawk is the son of Darcy from Chief's band.

The one and only Kokomo. He had a horrible injury last year...someone bit his ear off! He, too, was a loner, but seems healed up and healthy. Many people think Koko is a Picasso baby.

Lightning giving Hawk some wild horse wisdom.

Lightning is an elder. The HSUS (The Humane Society of the United States) knows what they were aged at by the contractors at the 2008 gather, we are hoping to get that information. Someone asked about Lightning's age and they said he was quite old...I think they sad 20? I believe if we form an organized group they will pass that information to us. I hope soon.

Look at his tri colored legs! This is a very handsome pinto. When I first met him in 2009 he was a satellite stallion for Sterling, who had Crow and her then weanling, Star. He was quite lame much of 2010 and then the ear thing last season... I hope he has a better year in 2012!

This is another encounter.... same day. Boy was I happy to see this guy!! The Cowboy! Just where he should be on 7 mile ridge. He looks as beautiful as ever. I had not seen him since late last summer. That's how it goes out here. It s hard to describe how vast this country is and how many ways there for a wild horse to hide. It is just amazing. Even a brilliant pinto like this Stud. Cowboy has only had one mare since the 2008 gather and that was short lived (Rudi).

He is often seen alone or with his best pal, Snowman. Today they were together!  This made me really smile!

I think of Snowman as The Guru" of SWB. He winters with Cowboy and then is seen all over the range with other bachelors in the summers. He seems to take the younger colts and show them around. I call these "babysitting stallions". 

Bachelor Stallions

I wanted to show you a few of our wonderful bachelor stallions. Here are L to R....Hoot, Tango and Nick. I can't confirm, but I am almost sure Hoot is from Eagle's band. Tango is one of Picasso's 2 yr old colts and Nick, the palomino, is a mystery.

Usually if I see a group of bachelors there is an older stallion amongst the younger ones. This is Haze. He was with Lightning's band in 2009/2010 then has been on his own since. Last year he hung out with Hurricane. Earlier this year he stole Kangee, the black mare from Tashunka's band, right after she gave birth to Ladore, her 2011 filly. But that did not last long as Kangee found her way back to her band stallion. Look for this stallion to have mares of his own in the near future. For now he shows the young colts the ways of a wild horse.

Hazre has one blue eye.

This is Picasso's other 2 year old colt, Snip. He is Olga's son. He struck out on his own late last fall after his brother, PJ, was born.

The mustang in the foreground is Flash. He is Pablina's and Lightning's 2 yr old. He knows Haze well as Haze was his satellite stallion when he was a born into Lightning's band.

Hoot and Tango, beautiful pinto colts.

Tango, a Picasso baby. Hard to mistake him as he has those freckles that set him apart.

Here is yet another 2 year old that was with this group. This is Ziggy. He is from Bug's band. There are many 2 year olds out here because they were all born in 2009 after the Oct 2008 round up. Round ups cause the mustangs to breed more.

This is another day, another band of bachelor stallions. Hurricane(dun), River(grey), Capitano(bay) and Skip(palomino).

All of these colts are 2 year olds except for the solid dun, Hurricane. The bay is Capitano from Centauro's band. The grey is River from White Out's and Skip, the palomino, is from Bug's band.

This is KIowa. He is an older stallion really trying to find some mares of his own. He has been babysitting River and Capitano all summer, but on this day was on his own challenging Corona, Greasewood and Rounder. He is strong and fit. It would be nice to have another breeding pinto out here.

Challenging Rounder.

Greasewood says "Stay away from my mares!"

Greasewood proves he is dominant and escorts Kiowa away from his mares in the rain.