Entries by fic0n5erv

A Good Read

It is said (or read) that a book that is illuminating and well worth the time it takes to read it- is indeed a “Good Read” I think of a […]

Rock Steady Revisited

Admittedly, I have been a bit sentimental when it comes to checking up on Chocomount’s recovery. A favorite “Picnic Rock” spot. Erosion from the tumults of hurricane surges and wintery […]

Spring’s Renewal

I caught the moon this morning-waning to be full once more. I see the buds of a tree silently bursting to soon blossom. A Ring-necked Pheasant’s shrill call declares arrival. […]

Good Natured Beachgoers

Location: Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge & Little Torch Key, Florida The small Key Deer and slow Gopher Tortoise are steady beachgoers here. I enjoy the privilege of encountering these […]

Naturalist’s Walkabout

Crystal River, Florida Time: 6:30am. Temperature: 28 Water Temp: 72 It’s early morning and I am shivering a bit and squinting my eyes to adjust through the clouds of sea […]

Confessions of a Naturalist

Last week I found a tiny diamond earring on the floor of a locker room. When I asked the woman next to me if it might belong to her she […]

Natural History Lessons

I find that exploring different ecosystems of Fishers Island will gift a naturalist with the very presence of nature’s wonder. I find too, that in those present moments of discovery […]

Winter Stillness

There is a hushhhhhh today on Island. I can see it. But for a distant call of a Loon across Hay harbor, A  Herring Gull announcing lunch time on South […]

Seals in Snow

It was very still amidst snow flurries at Hungry Point this afternoon. From where I stood I counted 143 Harbor seals on both rock haul-out sites. A female Cardinal kept […]