Hungry Point Harbor Seals
It was a mirror-calm afternoon up east within Fishers Island Sound. Typically this clan of seals will haul off and out by May’s end. Based on my monitoring notes […]
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Mylar Menace
Need I say more?…. – A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 18, 2018
They’re back…
. . . and with a vengeance-Mylar balloons; the most insidious of debris creeping upon Fishers Island. Please promote BEST Practices of Stewardship! It only takes a few seconds to […]
This Morning – Up East is For the Birds
Warmth of May days on Fishers Island calls birds of a feather to enjoy “Cater” pillars under the Tent! I stopped to spy these squirming caterpillars blossoming as fast […]
To The Beat of the Downy Drummer
This woodpecker snippet appears “wobbly” I know. But I wanted to share with folks just how filled with bird chatter the mornings on Fishers Island can be! Up east […]
The Oyster Catcher – Preen For a Day
While riding by Barley Field cove (just before the Big Club) I sighted this Oyster Catcher. Very happy to remark that these years on Fishers Island there are indeed more […]
Move Over For This Endangered Plover!
Great news! I spied this Piping plover on Chocomount beach mid-week. Note the single black neck- band (breeding plumage) and sand colored camouflage. I was happy to see it feeding […]
Young Gray Seal ashore on Chocomount
This seal pup has been sighted several times along Chocomount beach. While it has been documented for The Mystic Aquarium and the Stranding Network, it appears to be “resting”. […]
Scarlet Tanager “Revisited”
I found myself bicycling up east again Thursday afternoon. Lo and behold this individual bird was still dancing about the branches above Oyster Pond. I quickly hopped off to […]
Scarlet Tanager & Wooded Habitat
Riding through the wooded habitat that hugs Oyster Pond, I spied this brilliant Scarlet Tanager flitting and perching from branch to branch. My Sibley Guide to Birds notes it’s an […]