First osprey sighting on Middle Farms nest in 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
2023 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island
There were 103 different species reported by observers in January and February. Of those, five were new and added to our overall list of historic sightings. That list now contains 257 species.
2006 Annual Exhibition: SHIPS ASHORE! Wrecks and Rescues on Fishers Island
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2006 SHIPS ASHORE! Wrecks and Rescues on Fishers Island Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty Tug Shawanese Ashore Near Silver Eel Cove April 1911 Copyright Mystic Seaport Collection, Mystic, CT The tug Shawanese slammed into Fishers Island in the middle of the night on March 30, 1911. The Day reported that
Vital Services
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY VITAL SERVICES THREE CHURCHES Three Fishers Island churches, circa 1914. Photograph by Brown and Dawson. Museum Collection The original Union Chapel is featured at left, Our Lady of Grace Church at center, and St. John’s
A New Settlement and Town
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY A NEW SETTLEMENT AND TOWN Map of Lots on Fishers Island, Embracing the Highland Range, May 1, 1878, traced 1919. Museum Collection. The original of this map was produced just two years after the island-owning Fox family began developing
Work and Workers
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 YEAR ROUND: A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY WORK AND WORKERS Capt. Nash of the Steamer Munnatawket, circa 1905. Courtesy of Diane Franford. An early and long-serving employee of the Fergusons’ private Navigation Co. (founded in 1890), Capt. Nash lived on Fishers Island in a house filled
2022 Annual Exhibition: Year Round – A Celebration of Community
THE HENRY L. FERGUSON MUSEUM ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2022 Year Round: A Celebration of Community Year Round This year’s Annual Exhibition acknowledges, celebrates, and honors the people, organizations, and recurring events that support and bind our Fishers Island community together throughout the
Bald Eagle visits Middle Farms osprey nest
On the morning of October 4, 2022, an American bald eagle visited Middle Farms osprey nest to feed. Osprey Cam
Osprey visit Middle Farms nest before migration
On September 15, 2022 one of the juvenile osprey briefly stopped by Middle Farms nest for a final visit of the season. Moments after leaving, another osprey flies by the camera but it is not clear if this was the sibling, one of the adults – or another osprey. The clips below capture two
Osprey rivalry at Middle Farms nest
Beginning late August the two juvenile osprey were rarely seen getting along on Middle Farms nest, as competition for fish – and the osprey nest became more regular occurrences. The clips below capture some of the battles through the beginning of September. As the days are getting shorter, it is expected that the osprey
