Juvenile Red-tailed hawk, Middle Farms
Young migrant, you return
Effortless you glide above within some lone raptor rapture
Broad wings, fanned tail on thermal uplift, circling and circling…
Perched and elevated awaiting early spring’s arrival along with your winged dance partner
Birds of prey within an aerial display of courtship
within some raptor rapture
– Field Note by Justine Kibbe February 28, 2018
Plum Island Lighthouse. JT Ahrens photo
“Years of observation and research show that Plum Island is an extremely important migratory rest stop, critical home and breeding ground for a wide variety of birds (reportedly in the 100s), fish, and other land and marine mammals.”
– By Jane T. Ahrens
Editor, FishersIsland.net
After swimming a few laps in the “Tank” at Hay Harbor Club, this lone seal snoozes a bit before heading off into the lush Eel Grass meadows just north side here on Fishers Island.
– Video Snippet by FIConservancy Naturalist Justine Kibbe, February 15, 2018