Charlie Tracking June 5 June 5 ~ Charlie made a trip to Baker Cove on the Groton mainland early in the morning, then returned to the nest at the west end transfer station. He spent the rest of the morning between the nest, Hay Harbor and the southern shoreline. In the early afternoon,
Edwin Tracking June 4 June 4 ~ Edwin spent the early morning between Fairy Lake and Gardner Lake along the Salem border in Connecticut. He then followed Gardner Brook northeast to Fitchville Pond and the Yantic River in Bozrah, and then followed small streams further north, around reservoirs in Norwich before looping back
SPECIAL EXHIBITION 2015 Building the Olmsted Plan Curated by HLFM director Pierce Rafferty In the early 1920s, two leaders of the second generation of Ferguson owners, Henry L. and Alfred L. Ferguson, turned their attention to the mostly undeveloped eastern two-thirds of the island. Operating as officers of the Fishers Island Farms, Inc.,
Charlie Tracking June 3 ~ Charlie spent the early morning near the nest at the west end transfer station, then made trips to Silver Eel Cove and Hay Harbor but returned to the nest in-between. [raw] [one_half] Charlie Tracking June 3 [/one_half] [one_half last] Early Morning On-island [/one_half] [clear] [/raw] Mid-morning,
[slider id="ospreycam-2chicks2015"] These screen captures taken the morning of June 6, 2015 show that two chicks have hatched 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] (Note: The adult male is not Edwin or Charlie).
Edwin Tracking June 1 ~ Edwin headed north to Gardner Lake early in the morning, then returned to Fairy Lake by mid-morning. Around noon, he made another brief trip to Gardner Lake, then returned to Fairy Lake for the rest of the day and another night. [raw] [one_third] Edwin Tracking June 1 [/one_third]
This screen capture was taken at the end of May - about one month after incubation began. An adult osprey was first sighted on the nest March 31, and shortly thereafter was joined by another. A courtship soon followed and by the end of April at least one osprey could be seen on the nest
Charlie Tracking June 1 ~ After a night at Hay Harbor, Charlie visited the nest at the west end transfer station around dawn, then made a brief trip to the mainland and back. After his return to Fishers Island, he made trips between the nest and West Harbor and Hay Harbor throughout the morning. [raw]
Charlie Tracking May 30 ~ Charlie visited the nest early in the morning, then made a brief trip off-island to Baker Cove in Groton and returned to the nest on Fishers Island for the rest of the morning. [raw] [one_half] Charlie Tracking May 30 [/one_half] [one_half last] AM Near Nest & Trip
Edwin Tracking May 29 ~ After a fourth night on Fairy Lake in Salem, CT, at dawn, Edwin headed to a nearby radio tower. He then started towards Gardner Lake, but looped back and continued west to reach the Connecticut River before mid-morning. He checked out the areas between Chapman Pond in East Haddem to
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