Entries by fic0n5erv

Dolphins & Naturalist In The Know

Being in the “now” is also being in the Know. And that’s what I share with student Sentinels that help me to monitor Fishers Island. It is a perfect fit […]

Meeting Calico Scallop

Rise and shine from burrow so brine Calico  Scallop. Kneeling in low tide’s ebb, I listen as my camera shutter opens and closes rapidly “Click- click-click” “What is that?” I […]

Seeing The Logic In EcoLOGICal

I always feel grateful to be ever fascinated with Nature and that for myself it only takes a moment to connect with both the fascination AND gratitude part-after all Nature […]

O Armadillo

I have to admit I hadn’t thought about Armadillos much; that I would bump into one or even consider checking a box for this peculiar species on a data sheet […]

Conservation Status Symbols

I sat ever so quietly this morning, under the canopy of Live Oak draped with Spanish moss-a protected spot inside the Indian River Preserve Park. Mourning Doves cooed, an Osprey […]

Coastal Uplands

In between covering the chapters of my textbook and taking notes during classes on the shores of the Indian River Lagoon, I have also happily covered quite a few miles […]

Adopt-A-Beach

I have been thinking a lot about Stewardship and just what principles it takes to effectively oversee and protect the Island we all cherish and value-enough to “preserve, enrich, and […]

Ghost Crab

Up from deep cool burrow Inside delicate dune You see me. I see you. Pale shell traversing white sands Blending colors changing In warmth of golden sun

Welcome Mats For Oysters

These past weeks, I have attended class “on” The Indian River Lagoon. Twisting and winding through mangrove islets, its brackish waters extend and run parallel with this area of Atlantic […]

No Stone Left Unturned:

That was the determined thought I embraced when I set off for this southern shore. I would find the similar bird species that summer at Fishers Island, create close-up and […]