Got MILKweed for Monarchs?
Parade Grounds, Fishers Island. Monarch Caterpillar feeding on milkweed, getting ready to pupate. Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 16, 2018
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Parade Grounds, Fishers Island. Monarch Caterpillar feeding on milkweed, getting ready to pupate. Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 16, 2018
Wonderful news for our Island! Marked increase in observations of least terns this summer. Thank you to the Nature Conservancy Long Island for new informative signage near least tern breeding activity in a unique critical habitat. Please tread lightly. Stewardship is as Stewardship does. Field Note, From the […]
I spied this female Ruby-throated Hummingbird busily zipping about under the canopy of a tall American Elm. Carrying teeny lichen flakes to prop up her wee nest; she finally rested long enough for a quick click of the camera… Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 18, 2018 […]
High within the canopy of an American Elm off Silver Eel Cove this Ruby-throated Hummingbird nestles within her delicate nest which she has donned with tiny lichen flakes. A Video Snippet, From the Field, by Justine Kibbe, July 18, 2018
Cecropia moths are the largest moths in the eastern U.S. and a rare sight on Fishers Island. Dianne Crary Photo
This Evening, Hay Harbor. Grateful on Fishers Island: Thank you Fishers Island Conservancy! The Island Sentinel Program, in its 6th year. Helping me to share Local. Traditional. Knowledge. with generations to come. So Proud of my 2018 Tribe: Wilson & Gardner Thors, with Marc Rosenberg monitoring Eel Grass meadows and wildlife trends. Stewardship is as Stewardship […]
Week 6: Removing invasive plant species within 175 acres of historic Parade Grounds, Fishers Island. Erick Jones, Emily Birardi, & Nickia Gibson from University of Delaware concentrate on European buckthorn and cottonwood as well as core invasives ; autumn olive, oriental bittersweet and bush honeysuckle. Video Snippet From the Field
A spotted sandpiper chick scurries across my path at Race Point, Fishers Island. Its parents are close by foraging within a favorite feeding ground of assorted red and brown seaweeds along with moist, salty kelp. – A Snippet From the Field by Justine Kibbe July 6, 2018
Parade Grounds. Help Fishers Island Help Monarch butterflies To help themselves… Keep ‘em coming back for more! Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 6, 2018
Low tide: Hungry Point, Fishers Island. Looking forward to working on the Fishers Island Seagrass Management Coalition with the Nature Conservancy Long Island & Henry L. Ferguson Museum. Stewardship is as stewardship does. Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 6, 2018
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