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1. "Newborn Cloud"
Only hours old, the pale newborn is
guarded by his watchful palomino mother.
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2. "Going to the Mountaintop"
Young Cloud and his mother make the long climb to the meadows atop the Arrowheads.
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3. "I am Cloud!"
At just two weeks of age, Cloud begins to show his remarkable spirit and confidence.
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4. "Feels So Good"
Cloud and sister Mahogany groom, nibbling each other in those hard to reach places.
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5. "Taking a Snow Cone Break"
As a two year old with other young bachelors, Cloud paws for bites of snow on a warm summer day on the mountaintop.
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6. "Wild Perfection"
Atop the Arrowheads, three year old bachelor stallion Cloud strikes a handsome pose.
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7. "Warrior Stallion"
As a five year old, a scarred Cloud
makes a determined challenge to win a family.
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8. "Sunset Skirmish"
As a feisty four year old bachelor, Cloud challenges a band stallion to a duel.
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9. "Catch me if you Can"
Bachelor Cloud baits band stallion
Mateo into long chases in hopes of
wearing the older stallion down and winning.
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10. "Custer and Cloud"
The bachelor Custor battles the
young band stallion Cloud over
dominance on the vast ridges of Sykes.
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11. "Coming Home"
Cloud races back to his family after
chasing Red Raven and other
bachelors away from his mares.
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12. "Near Miss"
Cloud's mare, Sitka, tells the
enthusiastic young band stallion to
back off from her and newborn, Flint.
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13. "Playing Possum"
Newborn little Cloud lies motionless in
the grass below the snow-fed waterhole.
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14. "Cloud's Son" Little Cloud is fascinated with the other family bands gathered at the snow-fed waterhole.
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15. "Going to the Waterhole"
In late afternoon Bolder accompanies Shaman's family to the reservoir waterhole atop the mountain.
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16. "Becoming Bolder"
Cloud's yearling palomino son,
Bolder, spars with a foal - the
precocious son of Red Raven and Blue Sioux.
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17. "Father and Son"
Cloud and Bolder exchange a friendly
greeting on the sub-alpine
meadows atop the Arrowheads.
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18. "Cloud's Family"
The mares, little Cloud Dancer,
Flint and the fillies are followed by
protector and father, Cloud.
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19. "Dancing at Sunset"
Two bachelor stallions spar atop the
mountain, practicing the skills
needed to command a family band.
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20. "Greeting Looking Glass"
The powerful Dun stallion greets two
bachelors atop the mountain in late fall.
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21. "Shaman Spirit"
The powerful dun stallion paws in a
shallow red waterhole, the result of a
violent thunderstorm atop the Arrowheads.
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22. "Canyon View"
A grulla mare surveys her spectacular home on Sykes Ridge with the Bighorn Canyon below.
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23. "Mom and Me"
A baby burro and her protective mother
in the Marietta Wild Burro Range in Nevada.
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