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Newsletter 2025: From the President

By |2025-06-25T13:02:57-04:00June 25th, 2025|Newsletter 2025|

The Henry L. Ferguson Museum Newsletter Vol. 40, No. 1 • Spring 2025 From the President Elizabeth McCance The Museum has many fun and inspiring activities lined up for this summer. For starters, the opening party will be held on Saturday, June 28, and

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BMWS Station 10

By |2025-08-25T14:22:31-04:00June 23rd, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION X Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary Dwarf dandelion grows in the dry soil at this station overlooking Island Pond. Relatively few species are capable of withstanding the environmental extremes of fluctuating salinity and temperature typical of brackish water environments, and those that can adapt may occur in large numbers. Two

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BMWS Station 9

By |2025-08-25T16:39:09-04:00June 23rd, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION IX Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary This station, perched above the small freshwater pond, marks a high point with distant tree line and water views. A patch of evergreen club moss or “princess pine” carpets the ground. Clubmosses are primitive, spore-producing vascular plants more closely related to ferns than mosses.

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BMWS Station 7

By |2025-06-27T16:33:06-04:00June 23rd, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION VII Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary Along the trail, fallen leaves, logs, and branches provide a good example of how nature recycles. Trees on islands are subject to stress, perhaps more so than their mainland counterparts. High winds and salt spray can weaken trees, making them susceptible to pathogens. Sometimes,

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BMWS Station 6

By |2025-06-27T16:31:11-04:00June 19th, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION VI Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary As the trail turns inland, away from the pond and up the hill, you may see and hear migrant and resident songbirds that nest in the sanctuary during the breeding season between late April and July, including Gray Catbird, Eastern Towhee, and Black-capped Chickadee.

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BMWS Station 5

By |2025-06-27T16:29:16-04:00June 19th, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION V Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary The path leaving the freshwater pond intersects the outer trail loop along the northern edge of Island Pond. This site provides an opportunity to see shorebirds and raptors that frequent the pond and feed on marine fauna. Depending on the time of year, possible

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BMWS Station 4

By |2025-06-27T16:27:33-04:00June 19th, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION IV Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary This little pond (0.4 acres) contains fresh water rather than the brackish water that surrounds the sanctuary peninsula and therefore attracts a distinctly different biota. Green frogs, pickerel frogs, spring peepers, snapping turtles, and painted turtles, common residents of inland ponds, are found here,

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BMWS Station 3

By |2025-06-27T16:25:27-04:00June 19th, 2025|BMWS Station|

STATION III Betty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary At the trail junction, notice a grove of tall pepperidge (also known as black gum, sour gum, or tupelo), a member of the dogwood family that often forms pure stands in coastal forests. Pepperidge has a distinctive branching pattern, with horizontal or declining lower

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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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