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Edwin Begins 2016 Return North

By |2020-04-14T18:19:15-04:00March 23rd, 2016|Edwin Blog, Museum News|

After spending the winter months along the upper stretches of the Amazon River in Brazil, Edwin began his return north on February 26, 2016. [raw] [one_half] Winter 2015-2016 [/one_half] [one_half last] Solimões River [/one_half] [clear] [/raw] Feb 26 - March 3 ~ Edwin began his return north and left South America –

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Charlie Tracking Dec 13-19 Dominican Republic

By |2020-04-14T18:19:54-04:00December 28th, 2015|Charlie Blog|

  Dec 13 ~ Charlie reached the southeastern area of Bahoruco province, in the Dominican Republic and remained for the night. [raw] [one_half] Dec 13 ~ Southeastern Bahoruco province [/one_half] [one_half last] Dec 13 ~ first night in Dominican Republic [/one_half] [clear] [/raw] Dec 14-15 ~ On his second day in

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Edwin Sept 5-7 Migration: Venezuela to Colombia

By |2020-04-14T18:19:58-04:00September 9th, 2015|Edwin Blog|

Edwin Tracking September 5, 2015 Sept 5 (Migration Day 21) ~ From the latest data transmission, we learned that Edwin had traveled further east on September 4th into the region of Portuguesa, Venezuela. He had reached the Guanare River along the Cordillera De Mérida Mountains. On September 5th, he resumed his migration and by

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Elizabeth McCance elected H.L.F. Museum President

By |2020-04-14T18:25:06-04:00January 4th, 2015|Museum News|

The Board of Trustees of Fishers Island’s H.L. Ferguson Museum announced on December 23 that Elizabeth McCance has been unanimously elected as the President of the Museum, effective immediately. She graciously accepted her new position.

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Charlie Tracking: Jan 1 – Maria la Baja, Colombia

By |2020-04-14T18:25:06-04:00January 2nd, 2015|Charlie Blog, Museum News|

At the close of 2014, Charlie was still at Maria la Baja (a town in Bolívar Department in northern Colombia), where he migrated to from Fishers Island in the fall - and had reached on October 5. Most of his days are spent between Lake Maria la Baja and a smaller lake to the northwest in

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Charlie Tracking: Nov 4 – Maria la Baja, Colombia

By |2020-04-14T18:25:07-04:00November 5th, 2014|Charlie Blog, Museum News|

For almost a month now, Charlie has been staying in Maria la Baja, Bolivar, Colombia. He appears to spend most of his days near a lake (Cienaga Maria La Baja) and his nights to the east near Mampujan (just south of Las Mercedes in Genova, Quindio, Colombia). [raw] [one_third] Maria la Baja, Bolivar, Colombia

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Edwin 2014, Sept 1 – MIG DAY 15 – “Dark” in Bachaquero

By |2020-04-14T18:25:08-04:00October 7th, 2014|Edwin Blog|

9/1/14    - MIGRATION DAY 15: In the early morning, Edwin heads east across Lake Maracaibo and reaches Bachaquero, Venezuela around noon, but he then goes "dark". We have not received any further transmissions and assume he may have gone out of cell range in the nearby Cordillera De Mérida Mountains. Hopefully, in the spring, we

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Charlie Tracking: Oct 2 – MIG DAY 21: Ouest, Haiti

By |2020-04-14T18:25:08-04:00October 2nd, 2014|Charlie Blog|

10/2/14 MIGRATION DAY 21: After Charlie's data went "dark" two weeks ago, we feared we would not hear from him again until spring, but on Oct 2, data was picked up again. From what we have received so far, it appears that he reappeared Sept 29 (Migration Day 18) in the afternoon at Las Tunas,

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Charlie Tracking: Sept 12 – MIG DAY 1: New Jersey

By |2020-04-14T18:25:09-04:00September 15th, 2014|Charlie Blog, Museum News|

9/12/14 MIGRATION DAY 1: Charlie spends the his final 2014 early morning on Fishers Island, at the trees on Winthrop, then by 7 a.m., he heads south towards Gardiners Island. He spends from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. just west and south of Tobaccolot Pond, then continues further south to reach Long Island before 10 a.m.

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Edwin 2014, Aug 18 – Migration South Begins – CT, NY, NJ

By |2020-04-14T18:27:27-04:00August 21st, 2014|Edwin Blog|

8/18/14    Edwin leaves Hamburg Cove on the Connecticut River in Lyme early in the morning and heads south to the Old Saybrook shoreline. He then heads west to Clinton, and around 10 a.m. continues south over Long Island Sound and reaches Long Island around 10:45 a.m. He then heads west and reaches New Jersey around

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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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