These mustangs live on 160,000 acres of public land in NW Colorado. The world is closing in on them. All photos and words by Nancy Roberts.
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| The Band Stallion |
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| Crow's 3 year old colt, Star, is still with the family band and acts like a satellite. |
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| Crow's 2010 filly, Owl |
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| The second mare is Pearl. I have not observed her with any offspring since 2009. Before Yellow she was with Cosmo. You can tell her by her red smudge mark on her left shoulder. |
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| Today we saw Yellow's band right off. They are easy to spot....I think of them as "the black and white band". Nothing had changed since the last time I saw them, all members still present...no new horses. |
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| There's Yellow Man. |
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| The black horse greying out is Star, he is a two year old colt still with his mom. Yellow is probably not his sire. In 2009 he was with Sterling...Kokomo was the satellite stallion. He grew up as an only foal until his sister came along late last fall. |
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| Crow is a true black and a very good mom. She is also Yellow's lead mare. She did not have a foal this year. |
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| The "little sister" that I mentioned...Owl. |
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| She is a real sturdy little filly. I think her sire is Sterling. |
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| This photo does not do Star justice....he is a real stand out with that silver mane and tail. |
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| Pearl is the other mare in this band. She has not had a foal since the 2008 round up. She is easy to tell apart by her half an ear and a smudge mark on her shoulder. Maybe pregnant this year? Hard to tell as she is such a round mare anyway. |
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| The mustangs are having an easy winter although the forage is scarce. They are competing with thousands of domesticated sheep who also are taking advantage of a mild winter. |
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| Lto R Pearl, Yellow Man, Owl, Crow and Star Yellow is a nice grey stallion who has a lovely Sand Wash family. He was a loner untill he acquired the black mare, Crow, and her then black baby colt, Star, who is now a 2 yr old and is slowly turning grey (Silver). Owl (filly) joined the scene late last summer. She is Crow's 2010 foal. Pearl, the grey mare joined them in the fall of 2010. She came from Cosmo's band. They are usually near White Out's band, but not on this day. |
