Video Snippets – Fishers Island Conservancy

Pond Habitat on Parade

This afternoon’s calm allowed me to hop up on a grassy mound and get a better “bird’s eye view” of what I like to call Ibis pond* .175 acres of meadow and shore maintained by FIConservancy appears quite different in dormant winter months. Soon enough, the vivid colors and fresh scents of native plants will sprout lush habitat welcoming home songbirds, insects and Monarchs!

*Named Ibis Pond, because my very first video (July 2015) documented a juvenile Glossy Ibis in the pond. See Video Snippet “Ibis in the Morning”.

From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, Jan. 16, 2019

Glossy Ibis, July 2015

January 16, 2019

Plague of Plastics

From the Field, Video Snippets

Thousands of tiny plastic particles are swirled and swept into Silver eel Cove, Fishers Island this stormy September day. Sadly, these observations of incoming debris are noted more often these years between Long Island and Fishers Island Sounds, plaguing foraging grounds and critical habitat.

From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 10, 2018

September 10, 2018

Summer’s Beauty on Parade

From the Field, Video Snippets

An Easterly wind rustles through historic Parade Grounds, this July afternoon.
These meadows are conserved and preserved by The Fishers Island Conservancy-175 acres cultivating & demonstrating native plant species; providing critical habitat and nutrition for insects and migrating birds.

Video Snippet, From the Field by Justine Kibbe, July 21, 2018

July 23, 2018

Weed Warriors: Still Strong

From the Field, Video Snippets

Week 6: Removing invasive plant species within 175 acres of historic Parade Grounds, Fishers Island.

Erick Jones, Emily Birardi, & Nickia Gibson from University of Delaware concentrate on European buckthorn and cottonwood as well as core invasives ; autumn olive, oriental bittersweet and bush honeysuckle.

Video Snippet From the Field

July 12, 2018

Mylar Maim

From the Field, Video Snippets

Mylar balloons floating across our Sounds are notorious for entangling and killing marine life.

This snippet was meant to show how similar the balloon can “appear” as a Jelly Fish, mistaken and ingested by Sea turtles.

Mylar balloons are devastating.

As stewards this summer, PLEASE pick-up and discard properly all debris.

– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe June 25, 2018

June 25, 2018

Lion’s Mane Jelly Fish

From the Field, Video Snippets

This video was taken in 2015-showing the biggest jelly fish species within Long Island and Fishers Island Sounds.

The arrival “season” for these jellies around our Island has differed these last 7 years –could be trends in climate and water temps.

*Sea Turtles depend on jelly fish as a main diet staple.

– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe June 25, 2018

June 25, 2018

Speaking Out About Plastic Debris

From the Field, Stewardship, Video Snippets

We see it so often here on Fishers Island that I just can’t “bag it!” (hush up about it!)
Why bring our own satchels and shopping totes to market?
“The answer is blowin in the wind”…
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe March 18, 2018

March 18, 2018

Constant Battle Marine Debris

Beach Cleanup, From the Field, Stewardship, Video Snippets

Storms surrounding Fishers Island only deliver marine debris “faster” into our precious coves, harbors and surrounding coastline –we are, though, everyday constantly under “siege”…
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe March 2, 2018

March 18, 2018