Entries by fic0n5erv

Lone Sea Star

Asterias: When I turn back the pages of my "rite in rain" notebook to early summer 2011 on Fishers Island, I was jotting observations that had me realize I had […]

Mantis Mantra

I met a Mantis along the Path. It artfully displayed perfect mimicry of dried grass stems and fallen leaves. Hidden from whirling bicycle spokes Dressed in the finest camo Aiming […]

Atukan Akun & What Really Counts

The Aleut tribes of the Pribilof Islands sing a song: Atukan Akun or “We are one”. From summer 2004 till winter 2009, I had the opportunity to live as an […]

Scenic Lookout For Wonders

I was just doing my job. Zipping to and fro, clocking endless miles repeatedly between West end at Race Point and the East end’s Big Club Beach,pedaling speedily past the […]

Sandpipers & Peeps

It all started with just one “peep”. I was walking and monitoring the shore of South Beach, following a tiny shadow of a bird playing zig-zag tag with lapping waves. […]

Web Sight

Nature’s Design Spider’s Domain Bird’s Browser Flies, hits.. Morning’s temporary Under Construction page.

Aerial Acrobats on Parade

Tree Swallows are back this summer’s end. Skyward they soar and tumble in vast swarms while migrating and navigating southward along our Atlantic coast. I observe flocks resting and roosting […]

Leatherbacks,Balloons &Jellyfish

There are more sightings of helium balloon debris on and around Fishers Island then than I care to count,but I count them. I see them entangled in shrubs or seaweed, […]