Osprey Blog 2023

The first osprey egg at our Middle Farms nest this year has hatched!

By |2023-06-02T19:34:00-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Osprey Blog 2023|

The first osprey egg at our Middle Farms nest this year has hatched! On the morning of June 2, 2023, we were able to capture the first osprey chick on the web cam. The video clips below show adorable head bopping segments of the chick nestled in with mother and some of it's first

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Third osprey egg April 30th

By |2023-05-01T18:26:28-04:00May 1st, 2023|Osprey Blog 2023|

Third osprey egg confirmed on Middle Farms nest Shortly after noon on April 30, 2023 the female osprey appeared to be having contractions. Around 12:08, she gets up and though it is difficult to see the first two eggs in the foreground, the new egg becomes more visible when she nudges it into the

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First osprey egg April 24th

By |2023-04-26T14:31:10-04:00April 26th, 2023|Osprey Blog 2023, Uncategorized|

The female osprey at Middle Farms nest has laid her first egg of the year. Thanks to help from Vicki Rafferty we believe it was shortly after 2 PM on April 24, 2023. During the first day, both osprey took turns tending to the egg and the nest. The video clips below highlight some

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Red-tailed Hawk visits Middle Farms After Controlled Burn

By |2023-04-13T16:59:35-04:00March 31st, 2023|Osprey Blog 2023|

On March 22, 2023, the FIFD executed a controlled burn at Middle Farms. The osprey were both on the nest just before the burn but did not stick around. Later that evening, after the burn, a Red-tailed Hawk briefly visited the nest. Live Osprey Cam

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Battle for the osprey nest March 21

By |2024-03-24T11:12:41-04:00March 30th, 2023|Osprey Blog 2023|

On March 21 Carolyn Ross spotted an osprey on the Middle Farms nest. We checked the video archive and confirmed that a female landed at 6:45 AM with a male osprey landing moments later. During the first half hour the osprey remained on separate sides of the nest. PLEASE NOTE: We had technical

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First osprey sighting on Middle Farms nest in 2023

By |2023-03-21T13:48:45-04:00March 21st, 2023|News, Osprey Blog 2023|

Two osprey were spotted on Middle Farms nest early Tuesday morning March 21, 2023! A special thanks to Carolyn Ross for providing the screen capture and exciting news. Live Osprey Cam

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Osprey Nesting Facts

By |2023-03-21T13:53:33-04:00March 30th, 2022|Osprey Blog 2022, Osprey Blog 2023|

Osprey on nest March 23, 2022. Screen capture by Pierce Rafferty The ospreys generally show up a few days before St. Patrick’s Day, “about the same time that the spring peepers start singing,” says Museum Trustee Terry McNamara. They are often seen in flight days or even weeks before they settle on

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ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2023

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F.I. Sketchbook 2005

THE SKETCHBOOKS OF CHARLIE FERGUSON

In the full sweep of Fishers Island’s history, there is no artist more synonymous, more closely associated with Fishers Island than Charles B. “Charlie” Ferguson. The main show features images from two of Charlie's sketchbooks which functioned as illustrated diaries that were filled with daily activities, nature observations, personal notes, and lots of art—drawings, sketches, and watercolors—in various states of completion.

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