Newest Chincoteague Pony Foals and Up-dated Photos

There are three new foals to report on the Virginia side of Assateague Island...  Bling Bling (registered name Diamond's Bay Dream) and Chief Golden Eagle had a bay filly on 16 May; and two new babies were spotted yesterday - Lorna Dune and Prince of Tides have a palomino pinto, and Friendly Girl (also known as Witch Kraft) and Chief had a chestnut pinto colt.  Friendly Girl is currently the oldest pony on the Virginia end, at 27 years of age; her last foal was in 2016, when she and Wild Thing had a chestnut pinto filly.  Lorna Dune's buy back donor spotted the foal yesterday - but the mare is way out in the middle of the Plover Flats, so close viewing is impossible.  The photos of her foal were taken by  Kathleen Cahall, and belong solely to her.

Foal # 35  - bay filly, out of Bling Bling, by Chief

 These photos are property of DSC Photography

Foal # 36  - palomino pinto, out of Lorna Dune, by Prince of Tides

 These photos are property of Kathleen Cahall

Foal # 37  - chestnut pinto colt, out of Friendly Girl, by Chief

Above photo is property of Captain Dan Davis

 Bottom photo is property of DSC Photography

Foal # 14  - bay pinto filly, out of Tuleta Star, by Wild Thing

Photo property of DSC Photography

Foal # 25  - chestnut pinto colt, out of Chickadee, by Ace

Photo property of DSC Photography

Photos of Winter Wildlife

Bobcat

White-tail Buck

Chickadee

Mountain Lion

Otters

Snowy Owl

Vole

2017 Chincoteague Pony Foals 41 through 50

These are photos from different sources and people, some are copyrighted (mainly by Darcy and Steve Cole, owners of DSC Photography of Greenbackville, Virginia), some are not.  Copyrighted photos are always marked so.
   The names in quotation marks after the sex id are my personal names for the foals - of course, whoever actually purchases the babies will give them their registered names - but this helps me keep them straight....
   The photos are also NOT arranged chronologically - I just try to choose shots that give a good view of markings on each side, as well as a facial shot...   Sometimes a butt shot will be included because of bulls-eyes or tail markings - a half-color tail, or a tipped tail, etc...

#41 - filly       sire: Ken; dam: Cinnamon Blaze                17 May 2017

(l-r) Cinnamon Blaze, her filly; Whisper, her colt; Freckles

#42 - filly "Lively Lady"   sire: Ajax; dam: Miracle's Natural Beauty     19 May 2017

#43 - colt  "Bart"    sire: Maverick; dam: Essie          19 May 2017

​Essie's colt (Bart) standing; Marguerite's colt (Henry) lying

#44 -filly "Darkness"     sire: Maverick; dam: Surfin' Chantel    21 May 2017

  originally black; think she'll be a very dark bay - seal brown or darker....

Her muzzle is a lighter brown in the above photo - not black...

#45 - colt         sire: Legacy; dam: Lady Hook/Suzy Q      26 May 2017

#46 - colt  "Nuthatch"        sire: Ace; dam: Chickadee         27 May 2017

#47 - colt          sire:Puzzle; dam: Destiny     28 May - 16 June 2017

Foal born with congenital foreleg abnormalities; legs casted; no improvement; foal could not stand on it's own without ligaments and bone in lower legs; euthanized.

#48 - colt  "E Dot"       sire: Prince; dam: Ella of Assateague          1 June 2017

#49 - colt               sire: Ace; dam: Sonny's Legacy      1 June 2017

#50 - filly  "Snippy"     sire: Riptide; dam: Pappy's Pony           2 June 2017

Local Wildlife in Snow - Photos

Mountain lion, puma, catamount

Horned owl

Beaver

Deer

Owl

Fox

Rabbit

Chickadee

Bobcat, lynx