5/1/14 After being fitted with the transmitter, Charlie spends the afternoon at different locations along the western end of the Island. From 8:30 p.m. until the following morning, he remains in one area. Charlie at Night
5/2/14 Before 5 a.m. Charlie heads to the mouth of the Thames River but circles back to the west end of Fishers Island by 7:30 a.m. Around 11 a.m. he heads towards the mainland again and is at the Niantic River before noon but comes right back to Fishers Island by 12:30 p.m. Around 5
5/3/14 Charlie spends the early morning at various locations around the west end of Fishers Island, then around 11 a.m. heads towards Niantic but before reaching the mainland circles back to the Island and then heads out again to the southeast of Great Gull Island around noon and circles back. Around 1 p.m. he makes
By Pierce Rafferty, Director Henry L. Ferguson Museum Rob Bierregaard, Research Associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, returned to Fishers Island on April 29th at the invitation of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum. Rob’s goal was to “tag” a second male osprey on Fishers Island with a cell tower
4/29/14 Edwin spends the early morning fishing at Latimer Brook, then just before noon heads northeast to cross the Thames River in Quaker Hill and reaches the Groton Reservoir before 1:30 p.m. Around 5:30 p.m. heads heads back across the Thames to the Niantic River and Latimer Brook area.
[slider id="osprey-nesting-2014"] April 16 Slideshow: Osprey Nest on Main Road east of Middle Farms Flats The osprey were first spotted on the nest at the beginning of April and courtship followed. During this time, one could see both ospreys on the nest as demonstrated in the photos from this April 16 slideshow. Shortly after that, eggs
4/27/14 Edwin spends the early morning along the Niantic River, then heads east until he reaches the eastern tip of Fishers Island round 9:30 a.m. and continues southeast and is at Gardiners Island before 11 a.m. where he spends the afternoon near Home Pond and Gaylor Hole. Around 5 p.m. he is over Plum Island
4/25/14 Edwin spends the early morning at the Niantic River then Latimer Brook but then heads west to Rogers Lake by 8 a.m. and continues west to the Connecticut River by 8:45 a.m. where he spends the rest of the day and night, mostly in the Selden Neck State Park area. View Closeup
4/26/14 Before 7 a.m. Edwin heads east from Selden Neck State Park along the Connecticut River to Latimer Brook in East Lyme, where he spends the morning, shortly after noon he make a quick trip just east at the Niantic River and back, then just north to Banning Cove by 4 p.m., but is back
Since Edwin reached Connecticut just over a month ago, he has spent much of his time on the mainland with his most frequent location being the Latimer Brook area of East Lyme and the Niantic River just to the east of it (see map above and April 26 post below for Google Earth view). According
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005
