ARACHNIDS
Fishers Island, iNaturalist ARACHNIDS Curated by educator and naturalist Murray Fisher Annual exhibition sponsored by ALTUS Partners & CHUBB
FUNGI
Fishers Island, iNaturalist FUNGI Curated by educator and naturalist Murray Fisher Annual exhibition sponsored by ALTUS Partners & CHUBB
2021 Annual Exhibition: Fishers Island, Naturally – A Photographic Celebration
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021 Fishers Island, Naturally: A Photographic Celebration Young Eastern Painted Turtle on lily pad, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove Photo by Terry McNamara Annual exhibition sponsored by ALTUS Partners & CHUBB
Two Osprey Chicks on Middle Farms Nest
It is confirmed that two osprey chicks have successfully hatched on Middle Farms nest!
2021 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island
2021 Reported Bird Sightings on Fishers Island (There were a total of 186 bird species observed over the calendar year) The data are collected from a group of knowledgeable birders and updated on a monthly basis. ● indicates a reported sighting Two oyster catchers flying in
Beach Habitat Gallery
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021 SANDY BEACHES, COVES & ROCKY SHORES PHOTOGRAPHERS Todd McCormack Mary P. Murphy Timothy J. Hallett Connor Jones Tracy
A Closer Look: Photographs by Todd McCormack
Race Views A Closer Look Photographs by Todd McCormack It's a familiar story: one spouse has a long family history with this Island, and the other marries in. As a recent empty nester, this soon-to-be Fishers-in-law was more excited to set
Island History: Moose on Fishers Island
Island History: Moose on Fishers Island by Pierce Rafferty Colonial records indicate that in the early 1700s, just over three hundred years ago, moose could be found on Fishers Island. Then, as now, inhabitants of our region would have been shocked to bump into a live “moose-deere,” for Fishers Island was well south of
Geology of Fishers Island
Geology of Fishers Island Excerpted from “Rocks, Plants, Birds, and People of Fishers Island” [1999] by the late Edwin Horning. One of the expressions I sometimes heard during my early years on the island was “getting off the rock.” This was said by people as they took the ferry to the mainland. These few
An Update on the Osprey Population on Fishers Island
An Update on the Osprey Population on Fishers Island by Pierce Rafferty Fishers Island was one of many eastern seaboard sites that contributed to Osprey research when ornithologists were first grappling with the causes and restoration of the declining Osprey population in the late 1960s and 1970s. Two young graduate students, Paul Spitzer and
