Entries by fic0n5erv

Tread Lightly At Big Club Beach

Walk the Wrack Line by all means up at The Big Club Beach. You will see tiny sand flea crustaceans (Amphipods) hiding beneath strands of Eel grass and hopping off […]

Seeking & Seeing

After an evening of documenting mating Horseshoe Crabs in East Harbor (this is the month to view Limulus Love!) sneaking up on a rare pair of Piping Plovers at The […]

Circumpolar Plover

This morning I was trying to catch up with newly hatched Swan cygnets in tow behind mother Swan in Barley Field Pond. I decided to walk over to the beach […]

Greater Or Lesser?

There are two larger species of sandpipers found in our region-the Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Honestly, I have only seen the birds behind glass exhibited in our Henry Ferguson Museum, […]

Who Is Counting Who?

Taking part in the North American Migration Count this month, really has opened my eyes as to just how many species of birds call Fishers Island a resting place, a […]

Let It Bee Bumble

Let It Bee Bumble I tried not to stumble across this Bumble buzzing madly across my path. It appeared injured-not making any headway so I gently shepherded it onto a […]

Bird’s Evensong

Upon a lichen covered rock, as Sun’s golden ray turns to white Listen to bird’s prayer take wing, as day returns to night. And Oh, the sweetness of the song […]

Party’s Plover

It’s time to get serious. Today, I observed just one single Semipalmated Plover on the whole of Chocomount. Yesterday, I recorded another single Plover up at Big Club Beach. I […]

Dinosaur Crossing

This high stepping Snapping turtle unearthed itself to switch lanes and swamps. Please drive carefully. *Among reptiles, turtles are the most distantly related to dinosaurs…..

Sitting Amongst Reeds In May

Red winged messenger Delivers to me Spring’s call is Hearken! Through slats I see White winged messenger Presents to me Spring’s call is Mute. Through slats I see Nature Painted […]