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Osprey Update from Middle Farms nest June 30, 2025

By |2025-09-15T15:16:16-04:00July 1st, 2025|News, Osprey Blog 2025|

Osprey at Middle Farms Nest ~ June 2025 Update Feeding time for the three osprey chicks June 13, 2025. Mom and dad osprey continued their efforts to provide a secure nest for the chicks in June – they were often captured on the cam gathering nest material and tending to

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HLFM Acquires Option to Purchase Three Environmentally Significant Parcels on East End From FIDCO

By |2025-06-27T13:40:44-04:00June 26th, 2025|News, Uncategorized|

Preserving Fishers Island’s natural character has long been a shared mission of FIDCO and the Henry L. Ferguson Museum’s Land Trust. Now, an important land deal aims to safeguard this legacy for generations to come.

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Silver Eel-Race Point Coastal Trail in the Janet Harvey Sanctuary

By |2025-08-06T21:25:15-04:00June 26th, 2025|Nature Trails|

2. Silver Eel-Race Point Coastal Trail in the Janet Harvey Sanctuary The Janet Harvey Sanctuary offers history, nature, and expansive ocean views. It is named in honor of Janet Hardie Harvey, a beloved member of the Fishers Island community who is

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My Lifelong Osprey Studies: Scientific Adventures on Our Coast

By |2025-06-25T12:48:02-04:00June 25th, 2025|Natural History, Newsletter 2025|

My Lifelong Osprey Studies: Scientific Adventures on Our Coast by Paul R. Spitzer In the spring of 1968, I began a lifelong journey of scientific understanding based on Osprey field study. My Osprey mentors, ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson and his wife Barbara, had moved to Old Lyme, CT, in 1954,

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Nature Notes: Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata)

By |2025-06-25T12:44:30-04:00June 25th, 2025|Nature Notes, Newsletter 2025|

Nature Notes: Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) by Terry McNamara Butterflies, flitting about during the summer and spring, are pollinating flowers while feeding themselves. Their bright colors and intricate patterns catch the eye, evoking a sense of beauty in the observer. Members of Odonata—dragonflies and damselflies—also elicit a favorable reaction when viewed by humans.

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Early History of the Catholic Church on Fishers Island

By |2025-06-25T12:34:05-04:00June 25th, 2025|Island History, Newsletter 2025|

Early History of the Catholic Church on Fishers Island by Pierce Rafferty While researching within online newspaper archives, I recently stumbled upon a July 1893 article whose headline caught my eye: “A Hundred Years Since Mass Was Celebrated on Fishers Island.” The article recounted that Father Daniel Sheehy of St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Brooklyn,

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The Museum’s Evolving Mission

By |2025-06-25T12:33:01-04:00June 25th, 2025|Newsletter 2025|

The Museum’s Evolving Mission by Mike McNamara As a small, single-room organization grows into a multifloor museum dedicated to the social and natural history of Fishers Island, a shift in identity and purpose is natural. This shift becomes even more significant when considering the Museum is also Fishers Island’s largest natural land conservator, stewarding

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Introduction to the HLFM’s Strategic Plan

By |2025-06-25T12:30:49-04:00June 25th, 2025|Newsletter 2025|

Introduction to the HLFM’s Strategic Plan Vision, Mission, and Values The Museum is at a unique point in its history. In the last few years, it has expanded its programming, its projects, and its level of professionalism. Simultaneously with these system-level changes, there was a clear need to prepare for the future transitions of

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The Janet Harvey Sanctuary & the Silver Eel–Race Point Coastal Trail

By |2025-06-25T14:16:19-04:00June 25th, 2025|Land Trust, Newsletter 2025|

The Janet Harvey Sanctuary & the Silver Eel–Race Point Coastal Trail by Kate Stevens, Special Projects Coordinator Janet Harvey Sanctuary In December 2023, the Fishers Island Waste Management District granted a license to the Henry L. Ferguson Museum to manage, restore, and protect approximately five acres of natural coastline habitat

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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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