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1/3🧵: Snoozing in the Sunshine, December 31, 21 Years Ago.
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Twenty-one years ago today, an 8-year-old chestnut stallion relaxing in the warmth of the sun. His forelock and the faded-to-blonde hair in his mane are the…
3/3: … than they are now.
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1/2🧵: A Belly Scratch. 🌎🌿 #SableIsland #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
Today was pleasant with a light SW breeze of 5-10 kts, & a max temp of 8.4°C. A band stallion, strolling eastward, stopped at driftwood tree trunk on the north beach for a general scratching session – legs, …
1/4🧵: Sable Island Horses on the West Spit.🌎🌿 #SableIsland #NorthAtlantic #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
Although photos of bare sand, bald dunes, & floodwater, might, to some, suggest a bleak landscape for horses, there are abundant areas of vegetated terrain. Plant communities include sheltered …
2/2: …are still green, the grass is turning golden yellow.
The horses’ coats have become thicker for winter.
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1/3🧵: Holding Sand
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An autumn scene with four #SableIsland horses grazing in the distance on a high inland dune, providing a sense of scale.
Sable Island & the coastal beaches & dune systems of mainland #NovaScotia & #CapeBreton …
4/4: … Photos Zoe Lucas.
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Looking back, one more pond with horses… Iris Pond 🌎
On September 27, the max temp was 20.4°C, with a 19 kt NW wind. A family band of four (a stallion, two mares & a foal), & two males, were grazing in & around the shallow pond….(1/5🧵).... #SableIslandwx #NSwx
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Looking back again… At One of the West Light Ponds.
On September 25, the max temperature was 18.8°C, with a 17 kt southerly wind. A family band of eight was resting at the edge of a freshwater pond just west of West Light. (1/2🧵) … #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
3/3: … more of the developing winter coat than the other two.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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Choosing a Spot (1/2🧵)
Two #SableIsland stallions at a rolling-rubbing site. The dark brown horse has just risen after having a roll, and the bay is sniffing and checking out the patch before getting down for some vigorous rolling and wriggling in the loose sand. … #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
2/3: ….
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2/3: ….five males, & they have the green valley – richly vegetated with marram, beach pea, yarrow, cordgrass, & wild rose - all to themselves. (Photo Zoe Lucas) #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable #sableislandnpr #parkscanada #sableislandnationalparkreserve
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Draw: August 20th, 2025
Trip date: September 23rd (rain date 24th)
This is a fundraising raffle for the Sable Island Institute, a registered charity.
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On South Beach. (1/2🧵) #SableIslandwx #NSwx #wildhorses #wildhorsesofSable
With a SE wind of ~10 kts, & max temp 19.4°C, today was the warmest in July so far. Three Sable Island horses who were walking eastward into the breeze stopped at the water’s edge to look at some horses behind them and …..
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3/3: …. Except for traces of winter hair on his rump, the busy stallion was looking grand in his glossy summer coat.
Photo Zoe Lucas.
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2/2: other about, challenging, pushing, bumping, rearing, & kicking. Socializing. The Sable Island horses are little scruffy as they shed their winter coats.
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