Life Giving
The Island is just bursting at its seams…with new LIFE. From dawn to dusk the vitality of its truest nature is just palpable. And as I pedal forth through […]
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Life’s Spectrum Full
You took the fierce from a squall and marched forth I chased after through sea spray and the rain lashed I turned and it stung. But I eventually caught […]
Lesson From An Egret
Today the rain was whipping sideways from the east with wind gusts of 35mph. It was quiet up Island. Except for a few Harbor seal heads poking through […]
Early Morning Commute
Fast lane along Driving Range- Osprey sits with fresh fish at drive thru At a standstill on Hungry Point- Seals bumper to bumper Round the bending reeds pondside and […]
Piping Plovers & Critical Island Habitat
This week, as I count returning Osprey soar west and east over Fishers Island I am recalling the bird’s plight in the 1970’s when the use of DDT across […]
Greetings & Salutations for Osprey
While snow has given way to rain and I never did spot a lamb this March (or a lion…), Islanders eagerly await Edwin the Osprey’s return flight. Thanks to […]
When Our Paths Cross
In morning light pheasant keeps track After raccoon Waited before. In morning light seals wait Till our paths cross sand, rock, then water. Faraway Eyes meet Foghorn sounding fills any […]
“Pull Over Plover”
Somewhere between the echoing foghorn off Race Point and the moans of Gov’t Bell buoy outside the ferry slip; if you listen very carefully during the cacophony of swirling […]
King of Gulls
The Great black-backed gull (“GBB” for my data sheet) is the great big gull of the world’s oceans. Here on Island, I have continued to document their small colonies (up […]
Rain Doves
Tears stream, then rest on velvet. And you rest too. Perched on frozen branch just waiting contently for winter’s harsh to melt. Keeping symmetric- keeping still. That life and rhythm […]