Sweet Air of Spring…
…pours forth… From the Field, Field Note, Justine Kibbe, May 9, 2019
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Entries by Betty Ann Rubinow
No Squawkin’
Blue jays and other members of the crow family are notorious egg-stealers. You’ll hear these bandits particularly within pines at the old naval station and piney woods approaching “Gray Gulls” […]
Nesting, Nesting…123!
It took half an hour of scurrying around her “scrape” (nest) for this piping plover to finally settle down, because five killdeer were being territorial. There are fewer than 2000 pairs of this “threatened” species on the Atlantic Coast.
Unusual Visitor!
A rare sighting on Fishers Island: the veery, a small North American thrush. FIConservancy naturalist Justine Kibbe caught this image of the veery, May 3, when it hopped toward her near Silver Eel Pond.
Veery Lovely
This is the time of year when I always look forward to the Conservancy’s Spring Migration Bird Count (May 19). A point to point, west to east survey of all […]
Bein’ Green
Duck Pond, Fishers Island From the Field, Field Note, Justine Kibbe, May 4, 2019
2019 Spring Migration Bird Count May 19
The 2019 Spring Migration Bird Count will be Sun. May 19 at 8 a.m. Meet at the Community Center. First, however, come to the Parade Grounds Sat. May 18 at 3 p.m. for a brief tour and a tutorial by the experts on the best way to count birds.