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Charlie Tracking: June 18 – A Day on Fishers Island

By |2020-04-14T18:29:15-04:00June 20th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/18/14    Around 4:45 a.m., Charlie heads to the southern shoreline to hunt for food and then visits the nest by 6 a.m. He then makes a few more trips to the southern shoreline and returns to the nest in-between, and then from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. remains in the nest area. After noon, he

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Charlie Tracking: June 16 – One Trip to Thames River

By |2020-04-14T18:29:15-04:00June 19th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/16/14    In the early morning, Charlie makes multiple strips to the shoreline along the west end to hunt for food and stops by the nest in-between. Then around 9:15 a.m., he heads to the mainland to fishes at the mouth of the Thames River and along the Groton shoreline then returns to the nest on

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Charlie Tracking: June 17 – One and a Half Trips to Thames River

By |2020-04-14T18:29:16-04:00June 19th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/17/14    Charlie stops by the nest at 5:15 a.m., then heads to the northern shoreline, then the southern shoreline, then towards the mouth of the Thames River and returns to the nest area from 8-11 a.m. He then fishes along Silver Eel Cove and returns to the nest from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. He

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Charlie Tracking: June 15 – One Trip to New London and Thames

By |2020-04-14T18:29:16-04:00June 17th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/15/14    Charlie heads to the nest early in the morning and remains nearby from 5:45-8:45 a.m., then from 9 a.m. until noon he makes several trips around the west end to hunt for food and returns to the nest in-between. He then heads for the Ocean Beach area of New London, then enters the mouth

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Charlie Tracking: June 13 – One Trip to Groton, Back to the Nest

By |2020-04-14T18:29:18-04:00June 16th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/13/14    Around 5:45 a.m., Charlie heads to Silver Eel Cove and then makes a trip to Groton and returns to the nest on the west end of Fishers Island by 7:15 a.m. He remains near the nest for the rest of the morning and entire afternoon, and then makes a trip to the northwest trees

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Charlie Tracking: June 14 – West End Fishing and Trip South

By |2020-04-14T18:29:18-04:00June 16th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/14/14    After a night in the northwest trees, Charlie spends most of the morning near the nest from 6-11:30 a.m. He then fishes along the southern shoreline and returns to the nest by noon, and then heads southeast over open ocean between Long Island and Block Island and returns to Fishers Island by 12:45 p.m.

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Charlie Tracking: June 11 – Three Trips to Mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:29:20-04:00June 15th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/11/14    Charlie heads to the west shoreline near Silver Eel Cove around 5 a.m., then heads north to the mainland and reaches Groton by 6:45 a.m. and then, returns south to Fishers Island and is at the nest from 7:30-8:15 a.m. He then heads to the shoreline north of the nest and the nearby trees,

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Charlie Tracking: June 12 – A Day on Fishers Island

By |2020-04-14T18:29:20-04:00June 15th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/12/14    Around 5 a.m., Charlie heads the the northwest shore at the west end of Fishers Island and Silver Eel Cove, then brings his morning catch to the nest at the Transfer Station by 8 a.m. He returns to the northwest trees from 9:15-10:15 a.m., then returns to the nest area for the rest of

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Charlie Tracking: June 09 – Four Trips Towards the Mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:30:09-04:00June 13th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/9/14    Charlie fishes briefly at the southern shoreline early in the morning, then around 5:30 a.m. heads north to the mouth of the Thames River and then west towards Alewife Cove in New London, but then returns south to the nest on the west end of Fishers Island by 8 a.m. He remains near the

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Charlie Tracking: June 10 – Mostly Near Nest, Two Trips to Mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:30:09-04:00June 13th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

June 10    Around 5 a.m. Charlie heads to the shoreline northeast of the nest, then continues northwest towards the mainland and Alewife Cove on the Waterford/New London border and then returns to Fishers Island. He spends from 7:30-9 a.m. in the trees to the northwest of the nest, then spends the rest of the morning

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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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