A spotted sandpiper chick scurries across my path at Race Point, Fishers Island. Its parents are close by foraging within a favorite feeding ground of assorted red and brown seaweeds along with moist, salty kelp.
– A Snippet From the Field by Justine Kibbe July 6, 2018
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
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
Get ready for the extraordinary beauty along our Fishers Island Bike Path!
Please be safe – remember to wear your helmet and ring your bell…
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe June 23, 2018
I am so very grateful to see the Heart of Island Stewardship-a “speedy recovery”; red rock graffiti ALL picked-up in just a day!
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe June 8, 2018
I sat in an unobtrusive spot on South Beach for just a few minutes to get this “snippet”…
This is the “alert” call of a nesting Killdeer.
*Please keep all dogs on leash these weeks.
*Please help support our Island and save critical and delicate shore bird habitat-Keep all vehicles off the Beach.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 31, 2018
I have resolved to thinking of Fishers Island as a National Maritime Refuge-and I am allowed that thought. It has nothing to do with old traditions, signs, or boundaries-just being aware and grateful of the unique habitat we have here on Island.
My hope is that others see the Island as a refuge for the remaining shorebird species that return here; after a long arduous journey- seeking sanctuary.
**Please take into consideration the damage vehicles can impact on our delicate coast line.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 31, 2018
There is a breeding season and a time to every purpose “under Heaven”
– The Byrds
I am humbled as I sat patiently, and “caught” this moment in The Field…male Common Tern courting its mate. Keep your eyes peeled for this “fly & plunge for minnows ritual” within Hay Harbor, Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 25, 2018
I sat within the tidal pools along what I love to call Sanctuary of Sands west end; parallel to the runway here on Fishers Island. So happy to “report” what certainly appeared to me as an increase in this spring’s shorebird activity. Breeding and non-breeding plumage is visible on Ruddy turnstone, Killdeer and Black-bellied plover standing “Sentinel”.
** Please be mindful and leash dogs during this precious nesting time.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 24, 2018.
It was a mirror-calm afternoon up east within Fishers Island Sound.
Typically this clan of seals will haul off and out by May’s end.
Based on my monitoring notes from past years; we can expect a mid- September “homecoming”.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe May 19, 2018