Temple will be a year old in April. In this image, she followed mama Piedra, grazed with her and then walked ahead. Forging her own way in the world. Figuratively, still, at this point. Our babies are growing up!
Walking ahead
30 01 2013Comments : 2 Comments »
Categories : Piedra, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Temple
Looking out for baby
29 01 2013
Daddy Ty, like most stallion daddies, is a very good daddy! Seneca likes to hang out with him. I love his stance of casual protection while baby girl grazes right beside him. Mama Chipeta grazes contentedly in the background.
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Categories : Chipeta, Seneca, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs, Ty
Kisses in snow
28 01 2013
Baby Seneca is about 4 months old now. Still giving mama kisses. 🙂
Note the lack of snow on the hill in the background. This weekend, we got rain – RAIN! In January! But we do not complain about moisture in any form, even though it has left the area a soggy, sodden, saturated, simply wonderfully wet mess! Hopefully the great amount of moisture will seep into the thirsty earth before the cold returns and turns mudville into ice-central!
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Categories : Chipeta, Seneca, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Rimmed
26 01 2013
Kestrel and two of her three girls. Both Juniper (middle) and Madison (left) were sired by Comanche.
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Categories : Juniper, Kestrel, Madison, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Into the morning light
25 01 2013
Bounce, sire of Aurora in the previous post. They’re both black with a nearly identical right hind fetlock – you can only barely see the upper part of Bounce’s because of the snow. Additionally, Aurora sports the tiniest, barest crescent of an almost-there “star” on her forehead.
He has been following Hollywood’s and Comanche’s bands for a little while now. This particular morning wasn’t the first I’ve seen him and Aurora fairly close together.
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Categories : Bounce, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Herdin’ girls
23 01 2013Mona and Aurora were hanging out with Bounce. Bounce is following Hollywood’s and Comanche’s bands. Bounce is Aurora’s daddy, but she’s in Hollywood’s band now. Mona is definitely Hollywood’s mare. They wandered as they grazed, and pretty soon, Mona and Aurora and Bounce were on one side of a shallow arroyo, and everybody else was on the other side. Hollywood looked and grazed, then looked and made a decision, and he trotted down the hill and across the arroyo, bluffed Bounce away and brought his girls back to the fold.
Even in his snaking attitude, he’s so cute. Look at his nostril all puckered up. I wish I hadn’t chopped Aurora’s ears off, but I was focused on Holls when she trotted up the hill between us.
And that Aurora looks just like daddy … and mama Alegre. She’s really a beautiful blending of both.
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Categories : Aurora, Hollywood, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
22 01 2013
Grey/Traveler did his best to bring the girls to me, but wise Houdini wasn’t having any of it. Can you see Mariah’s face greying?
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Categories : Grey, Houdini, Mariah, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Corazon’s heart
21 01 2013Would you believe this is one of only a few shots (all in the same sequence) I got of Corazon that day that show his left side?
With baby S’aka and mama Reya. They also have Reya’s little brother Maiku in their band.
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Categories : Corazon, Reya, S'aka, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
I *heart* mustangs
20 01 2013
Following the “snowy muzzle” theme, this is Corazon, so named for the heart on his left side. He’s one of two black-and-white pintos in the basin. Raven, originally from Sand Wash Basin, is the other.
Love the snow bokeh in the background – snowy spots through the pinon-juniper on the far ridge, outside Spring Creek Basin.
Until recently, part of the white part of Corazon’s mane was threaded through his forelock. He must have flipped it back into place!
And seriously, if you don’t love that cooler-than-cool fringe of white that looks *just* like frost along the white-black transition on the side you can see …! Frosty handsome snow boy!
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Categories : Corazon, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Camo pinto
19 01 2013
On super snowy days, S’aka very nearly blends in! Love his snowy muzzle, too! Just like uncle Maiku.
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Categories : S'aka, Spring Creek Basin Herd Management Area, Spring Creek Basin mustangs
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 