[slider id="morning-nest-july-1"] Screen captures taken the morning of July 1, 2017 show an adult osprey watching over two young osprey as one awakens. [button link="https://fergusonmuseum.org/osprey-cam/" color="blue" target="_self" size="medium"]Go to LIVE OspreyCam[/button]
[slider id="osprey-sleeping"] Screen captures taken the evening of June 22, 2017 show an adult osprey watching over two young sleeping in the nest at Middle Farms Flats. [button link="https://fergusonmuseum.org/osprey-cam/" color="blue" target="_self" size="medium"]Go to LIVE OspreyCam[/button]
ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2017 Photographers Of Fishers Island, Part One Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty The 2017 exhibition celebrated the first photographers of Fishers Island. Some were professionals, some amateurs, but together they provide a multifaceted portrait of island life and a clear reflection of yesteryear’s landscapes, beachscapes and architecture. Woman photographing
[slider id="feeding-2-young-osprey"] Screen captures taken the afternoon of June 14, 2017 show an adult osprey tending two young in the nest at Middle Farms Flats. [button link="https://fergusonmuseum.org/osprey-cam/" color="blue" target="_self" size="medium"]Go to LIVE OspreyCam[/button]
[slider id="osprey-hatched-2017"] Screen captures taken the morning of May 31, 2017 appear to show that two chicks may have hatched in the nest at Middle Farms Flats. A special thanks to Laura (Betchley) Kucsera who informed us on May 27 that she sighted the osprey behaving as if something were moving underneath and on the
by Terry McNamara In last year’s newsletter we discussed the two most common snakes that you are likely to encounter on our island: the Northern Black Racer and the Eastern Garter Snake. There are two other species of snake that inhabit Fishers Island. You may have encountered the Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis s. sauritus). It
Excerpted from: Birds, Plants & Fish of Fort H.G. Wright by the late Edwin Horning [1998]. Silver Eel Cove: Island climate; plants, animals, and folks around the docks Docks on Silver Eel Cove with Pump House in background, circa 2001. “Silver Eel Cove” (where the Fishers Island ferries dock) was a pond before
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM
Learn about the characteristics that distinguish living things from non-living things.
Wednesday, August 9
Time: 2-3 p.m. Place: The Museum
It is that time of year again. The daffodils are out, the robins are flitting in my yard, and I am planning my summer months at Fishers. I am very excited about this year’s line-up of Museum programs and events. With the generous sponsorship of Altus Partners and Chubb, our director Pierce Rafferty has assembled
Land Trust Report 2016 – Spring 2017 by Bob Miller 2016 was an active and productive year for the Land Trust. We received contributions of two parcels of environmentally sensitive land—one with an area of over one acre on the East End Road donated by Henry and Margaret King,
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005
