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Sad News on HLFM’s Tagged Ospreys

2020-05-16T11:44:36-04:00May 29th, 2016|Newsletter, Newsletter 2016|

Sad News on HLFM’s Tagged Ospreys Osprey Charlie is Presumed Dead. Throughout early December 2015, the HLFM received cell-tower transmitter signals from tagged Osprey Charlie as he headed south through Cuba on his southern migration. He passed into the Dominican Republic on December 13th. The last transmitter signals from Charlie were received on December 19th.

Yale School of Forestry Graduate Students to Assist Land Trust

2020-05-16T11:47:06-04:00May 29th, 2016|Museum News, Newsletter, Newsletter 2016|

Martin Becker and Alex Todororovic-Jones Yale School of Forestry Graduate Students to Assist Land Trust Martin Becker and Alex Todororovic-Jones, graduate students from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, will be on Fishers Island during the months of June and July, 2016. They are helping the Museum’s Land Trust to develop

The Snakes of Fishers Island – Part 1

2020-04-14T19:21:15-04:00May 28th, 2016|Nature Notes, Newsletter 2016|

Nature Notes by Terry McNamara Northern Black Racer adult When you walk on Fishers Island during the summer months, you’re likely to encounter a snake or two in the fields or open woodlands. Turn over a few rocks, and you might find a few more. You’ll probably get no more than the briefest

Increasing and Decreasing Birds

2020-05-21T13:35:07-04:00May 28th, 2016|Nature Notes, Newsletter 2016|

Nature Notes Excerpted from “Rocks, Plants, Birds and People of Fishers Island” [1999] by the late Edwin Horning Eastern Screech Owl Birds No Longer Nesting or Decreasing Barn Owl: This owl once nested in the old ice house on the shore of Middle Farm Pond. The last time that it nested there was

From the President

2020-05-16T11:03:59-04:00May 28th, 2016|Newsletter, Newsletter 2016|

I don’t know about you, but the first seventy degree days always have me itching for summer and the return to Fishers Island. I am particularly excited to get to Fishers this summer to see the Museum’s newly renovated Second Floor. By adding a whole new level of public space, this renovation significantly increases the

The Second Floor: A New Public Space

2020-05-16T11:34:37-04:00May 28th, 2016|Museum News, Newsletter, Newsletter 2016|

The Second Floor: A New Public Space The Richard E. Riegel, Jr. Maritime Library Housed in the Tower Room, the Richard E. Riegel, Jr. Maritime Library holds more than 500 maritime and nautical books and magazines, primarily from the library of the late Jerry Riegel, but supplemented by donations from the Burton G. Tremaine,

Sad News About Edwin

2020-04-14T18:19:07-04:00April 27th, 2016|Edwin Blog|

April 12, 2016 Edwin was last tracked at Miller Pond in Waterford, CT. APRIL 12 ~ Edwin was last tracked at Miller Pond in Waterford, CT. We stopped receiving data transmissions from Edwin on the early morning of April 12. About a week and a half later, we received news from ornithologist Rob

Edwin Tracking April 10-11: Bogue Brook Res to Miller Pond

2020-04-14T18:19:07-04:00April 13th, 2016|Edwin Blog|

Edwin Tracking April 10, 2016: From Bogue Brook Reservoir in Montville, CT to Miller Pond in Waterford. APRIL 10 ~ After a night at Bogue Brook reservoir in Montville, Connecticut, Edwin remained for the morning, then headed southeast to Miller Pond in Waterford. He remained at Miller Pond for the rest of the

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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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