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45 Minutes, Yet a World Away

The History and Natural Beauty That is Fishers Island by Carolyn Battista INKct Magazine, September 2017, Photos by Vincent Scarano

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Fall 2017 Bird Migration Survey

Sunday Sept 24th @ 8am. Come join a lead team of expert birders from University of Delaware take tally of bird species from several point-to-point spots west end to east end.

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Tent Caterpillars

Happenings on the Parade Ground: Tent Caterpillars – part of the natural process. Look around the Parade Ground and the Fishers Island Conservancy’s Demonstration Garden next to the Movie Theater […]

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Feral Cats

In the early 2000s, feral cats were a huge problem on Fishers Island, with numbers estimated to be in the hundreds. Contributing to the problem were residents and visitors who […]

Japanese honeysuckle

(Lonicera japonica) Description: A perennial, twisting vine with opposite leaves that can be deciduous or evergreen. New growth will have red, fuzzy stems, whereas older stems appear tan. The flowers […]

Japanese knotweed

(Fallopia japonica) Description: This plant has large, heart-shaped leaves and jointed, hollow stems that resemble bamboo shoots. Its ability to grow over six feet by summertime adds credence to being […]

Autumn olive

(Elaeagnus umbellata) Description: The olive’s leaves can be seen from a distance by their silvery sheen. Autumn olive has green on top and silver underneath, whereas Russian olive is entirely […]

Oriental bittersweet

(Celastrus orbiculatus) Description: This deciduous vine has rounded or teardrop-shaped leaves with toothed edges that become glossy in summer and yellow in fall. The younger stems often appear to have […]

Black swallow-wort

(Vincetoxicum nigrum) Description: These vines have shiny dark green leaves that are oval-shaped when mature, with stems that tend to twine around one another. The plant has very small, purple […]