Out in The Field, Parade Grounds, Fishers Island Happy to catch up and learn about butterflies & moths with FIConservancy’s Tom Sargent and the University of Delaware team Adam Mitchell, Will Almeida & Emily Baisden. *Conservation is as Conservation does. From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 22, 2018
Marc Rosenberg, 14, of New York City volunteered for FIConservancy’s Island Sentinel project this summer and filmed an underwater video of endangered eelgrass.
Rounding the bend on Bike Path, Pickett Landfill- Female Sulphur butterfly. Perhaps laying eggs on the leaf of the Black Locust. Some Sulphurs migrate South for the winter, although not as far as monarchs. Bring. Butterflies. Back. From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 13, 2018
Betsy Conger, 16, is a junior at Fishers Island School, which she has attended since sixth grade. She lives in Stonington, Conn. and takes the ferry to school each day. Her older sister, Olivia Backhaus, who was also a Fishers Island School student and an Island Sentinel for 5 years, first introduced Betsy to environmental […]
Hundreds of Tree Swallows migrate thru south side, Fishers Island, hunkering within low trees this blustery morning. From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
Hundreds of Tree Swallows migrate thru south side, Fishers Island, hunkering within low trees this blustery morning. From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
The whole “family Tree”: Swallows by the hundreds migrate thru Southwest tip of Fishers Island-here preparing for Lift off! From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
This Evening- Preen for a Day: Black-crowned Night Heron shares its world For just a moment… *Silver Eel Cove From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 14, 2018
Silver-spotted Skipper busily pollinates within wild flowers along Driving Range, accompanied by Cricket’s choir up east on Fishers Island. Bring.Back.Butterflies. From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 13, 2018