I am pretty sure this is Solaris, the sorrel. The bays are Mesa and Sedona and the white mare with the grey mane and tail is Frosty, that would be her roan yearling....Flare. This stallion had one of the larger bands last summer, but now the band has split up, but the other mares and youngsters are near by in the "unsettled" band. I don't know these horses well...they are spooky.
This stallion looks so familiar, but I can't quite place him...he was alone on this day. Looks like a 2 year old to me. I put him in the books....Is it Half Moon??
This is Casper. I found out through another friend of the mustangs. I get mixed up with the greys. Turns out he has 2 scars on his hip to help identify him. He was also alone...we observed him interacting with Twister who told him to "get lost"!
I was with 2 professional photographers on this day. I hope they produce some shots that do justice to this guy, Tag. He is really looking good this year. He is really typey Sand Wash pinto.
I like this black, gnarly mustang, Barcus. During this whole encounter I thought this was Bear, but came home to discover it was Barcus. This guy was stuck over on the other side of the west fence last year...He finally made it back in and has been a dominant stallion ever since. it was good to see him with some mares, although they did not look like they were settled with him...
Barcus is putting up quite a fight. Beau (the white) is relentless. Both have new wounds on them.
The price a stallion pays to be with the mares.
It was really good to see Jib's band. We had an adventure getting to them. They were real wiley with the 2 new foals. I wish I had got better photos from this encounter, but that is just the way it goes with wild horse viewing and photography...it's tough.
We saw these two young bachelor stallions clinging to the east fence, like a few horses this year. The grey one is Sir Duke and the sorrel is Clyde. Both of these colts got kicked out of their bands early last spring as yearlings. Destiny, the little medicine hat filly, was with Sir Duke all spring, but now the more mature stallion, Tag, has her. Clyde has a wonderful roman nose!
Flirt....her band is harmonious and expecting a new foal from Ginger..She was born to Bear, but now is with Brave's micro band.
Here is the satellite stallion from the band I called "Mystery Sorrel". Well, we have named the sorrel Volcano and this bay needs an ID name too.
Here is Volcano's band which consits of two stallions, a mare (nneds a name) and her yearling colt (Buck). Nothing is unusual out at SWB. There are all kind of herd dynamics going on.
Volcano.
Sad to report Snow Man got very beat up (again). I did not see him move, but some other friends reported him lame. I think he will heal. He has the heart of a mustang. He also has his best buddy by him...
Cowboy! These two always seem to end up together. I cannot tell you how happy I was to see this guy! I had not seen him since the winter when he was on the road. 7 mile ridge would not be the same without Cowboy and Snow Man.
That's Picasso and his little band. Monet is leading the way to the waterhole. I was happy to see photographers shooting them as they were getting a drink. These Colorado wild horses are too unique to "hide in the closet". Their beauty needs to be exposed so they have worth in our man made world. ...Look at the land. We might need to drop them some hay this winter. Too many animals graze this land (not just horses). Why not help them? We could bait them in and PZP some select mares to avoid helicopter round ups....We have the technology...just saying.
