Rock of Stages
Although still in recovery, Chocomount is indeed making a “sunning” comeback! I foresee a beach towel or two lined up side by side upon softer sands these next months. Having […]
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Four & Twenty Blackbirds
This time of year Silver Eel Pond is still quiet between scheduled ferryboats. I noticed though, that nesting birds in the harbor are anything but -between their scheduled feedings. It […]
Seaweeds
The intertidal zone along the coast of Race Point displays the three primary “kingdoms” of seaweeds. Simply distinguished by color; the red, green, and brown algae washed ashore forming a […]
New Conservancy Grants Fund Otter Research, Naturalist Work, Student Program and Native Trees
The FI Conservancy Board voted March 9 to fund work under four new grants. The first grant will fund planting of native trees in the FI Cemeteries. Another grant will […]
Slipper Snail Shells by the Seashore
The Atlantic Slipper snail or Slipper limpet is abundant in both West and East Harbors. Very often I see them growing attached to docks, a Horseshoe crab’s shell, Lobster pots […]
Voted Best Nest & Breakfast
That’s what the Island’s feathered residents are crowing about this morning… A Brant Goose samples tasty sea lettuce in the Sound. A Mute Swan provides a down comforter for […]
Take Wing
Red bud Red wing Bent reed Take Heed “Oak-a lee, oak-a-lee” Fly Sing
Dear Earth,
How magnificent you are. With the loveliness of your artistry Keeping rhythm and orderliness In spite of us
Do Not Disturb
This April I have documented just two pairs of American Oyster Catchers-one on South Beach and this week a second in Hay Harbor. Once thriving, this species of shore bird […]
Stake Your Territory Trickster!
I love Crows and Ravens. Nature’s Spirit guides and Sentinels. These “Corvids” (species) are noted as the most intelligent of birds. Today, there is even data observing their construction and […]