Field Notes

A lone spotted sandpiper has returned to Fishers Island each spring for the past five years. This year, she may have brought a mate. Female spotted sandpipers arrive early at …

FIConservancy Naturalist Justine Kibbe reported: “As Fishers Island prepares for a very busy July and August, it’s wonderful to witness the rallying of community to protect our precious wildlife.”

Congratulations Fishers Island! The community is pleased to announce the arrival of four Piping Plover chicks in Sanctuary of Sands on the south side of the airport runway. Please continue to …

Safe under a leafy canopy, a baby Gray squirrel emerges from its comfy tree cavity to view its “big” new world: Fishers Island. American Elm, Silver Eel Cove. From the …

Sanctuary of Sands, Fishers Island. Note the distinct yellow beak, white forehead and dark primaries (wing feathers) during this adult breeding time: March thru August. PLEASE continue to kindly leash …

I’ve never seen anything like it! An actual blue jay migration! It all started Saturday May 11 at 10:45 a.m. Just a trickle at first, bright and bold Blue jays …

It took half an hour of scurrying around her “scrape” (nest) for this piping plover to finally settle down, because five killdeer were being territorial. There are fewer than 2000 …

This is the time of year when I always look forward to the Conservancy’s Spring Migration Bird Count (May 19). A point to point, west to east survey of all …

Let’s Welcome the Least Terns Last year’s couple (in archived photos) return within “homestead” scrape*, eastern tip of Elizabeth Field Airport runway. As sunnier and warmer months unfold; PLEASE tread …

Parade Grounds, Fishers Island. Monarch Caterpillar feeding on milkweed, getting ready to pupate. Field Note, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 16, 2018