Entries by fic0n5erv

Sunset on the Beach 2018

Join us for a celebration of Fishers Island’s natural resources! Saturday July 21st from 6-8 pm on the Big Club Beach: Open Bar, Hors d’oeuvres, Raw Bar and Raffle Drawing. Sponsorship & Ticket Sales available!

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A Message for Island Stewardship

PlPlease HELP remove the painted red rock Grafitti from South Beach, Fishers Island-Make the Message “Clear” For Island Stewardship! A special thanks to Mason Horn, who provided the wire rock cage for collection and my Tribe at school for creating the laminated sign, and to Jim Ski who has offered to crush the rocks. **Eastern […]

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Recognizing Critical Nesting Habitat

 I sat in an unobtrusive spot on South Beach for just a few minutes to get this “snippet”… This is the “alert” call of a nesting Killdeer. *Please keep all dogs on leash these weeks. *Please help support our Island and save critical and delicate shore bird habitat-Keep all vehicles off the Beach. – […]

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Seeking Refuge & Critical Habitat

 I have resolved to thinking of Fishers Island as a National Maritime Refuge-and I am allowed that thought. It has nothing to do with old traditions, signs, or boundaries-just being aware and grateful of the unique habitat we have here on Island. My hope is that others see the Island as a refuge for […]

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To Everything (Tern, Tern, Tern)

 There is a breeding season and a time to every purpose “under Heaven” – The Byrds I am humbled as I sat patiently, and “caught” this moment in The Field…male Common Tern courting its mate. Keep your eyes peeled for this “fly & plunge for minnows ritual” within Hay Harbor, Fishers Island. – A […]

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Shorebird Reunion!

 I sat within the tidal pools along what I love to call Sanctuary of Sands west end; parallel to the runway here on Fishers Island. So happy to “report” what certainly appeared to me as an increase in this spring’s shorebird activity. Breeding and non-breeding plumage is visible on Ruddy turnstone, Killdeer and Black-bellied […]

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Black-bellied plover standing “Sentinel”

Shorebird Reunion! I sat within the tidal pools along what I love to call Sanctuary of Sands west end; parallel to the runway here on Fishers Island. So happy to “report” what certainly appeared to me as an increase in this spring’s shorebird activity. Breeding and non-breeding plumage is visible on Ruddy turnstone, Killdeer and […]

2018 Spring Migratory Bird Count Nets Record Number of Birds!

FIConservancy’s 2018 Spring Migratory Bird count, held May 6 in collaboration with the National Audubon Society, was a huge success! Three hundred birds, comprising 55 species, were recorded from one end of the Island to the other, compared with 45 species recorded last spring.