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Charlie Tracking: June 07 – Three Trips to Mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:30:11-04:00June 11th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/7/14    Charlie makes a trip to the southern shoreline near the nest early in the morning, then heads north to Baker Cove in Groton and returns to the nest area at the west end Transfer Station around 7:30 a.m. He spends the next 4 hours fishing around the west end and returning to the nest

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Charlie Tracking: June 08 – Alewife Cove, Thames River, Fishers

By |2020-04-14T18:30:11-04:00June 11th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/8/14    Charlie spends the early morning fishing around the west end of Fishers Island and returning to the nest area. Around 10:45 a.m. he heads to the mainland and spends from 11-11:45 a.m. at Alewife Cove on the Waterford/New London border, then returns to the nest by noon. He spends the early afternoon near the

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Charlie Tracking: June 06 – Three Trips to the Thames River

By |2020-04-14T18:30:12-04:00June 8th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

June 6    In the early morning, Charlie fishes at the shoreline north of the trees where he spent the night, then spends time at the nest area from 7-8:30 a.m. He then fishes along the southern shore just east of the nest and returns to the nest area. Around 10 a.m., he heads to the

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Charlie Tracking: June 04 – One Trip to Groton Reservoir

By |2020-04-14T18:30:13-04:00June 7th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

June 4    Around 4:45 a.m. Charlie leaves the nest area on the west end of Fishers Island to hunt along the northern shoreline, then stops on a pole near the nest from 6-6:30 a.m., and then returns to the nest around 6:45 a.m., where he stays until noon. He then makes a few trips to

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Charlie Tracking: June 05 – Two Trips Off-Island

By |2020-04-14T18:30:13-04:00June 7th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

June 5    Around 4:30 a.m. Charlie makes a quick trip to the south shore and returns to the nest. Between 8:15-10 a.m., he takes a break in the trees to the northwest, then returns to the nest until 1:45 pm. In the afternoon he heads to the mouth of the Thames River by 2:30 p.m.

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Charlie Tracking: June 02 – Two mainland Trips, The Nest, and Breaks

By |2020-04-14T18:30:13-04:00June 5th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/2/14    Charlie spends the early morning fishing around the west end of Fishers Island and returns to the nest in-between. Just after 8:30 a.m., he heads north to Mumford Cove in Groton, then west to Baker Cove and continues further northwest across the Thames River to Mitchell College in New London, where he takes a

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Charlie Tracking: June 03 – Three trips to mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:30:13-04:00June 5th, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/3/14    After resting away from the nest in the northwestern trees, Charlie heads out in the early morning to briefly fish on the Thames River in Groton and returns to the nest by 7:30 a.m. He stays near the nest for just over an hour, then fishes at Silver Eel Cove and the northwest shoreline,

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Charlie Tracking: May 31 – Close to Nest with One Thames River Trip

By |2020-04-14T18:30:14-04:00June 3rd, 2014|Charlie Blog|

5/31/14    In the Early morning, Charlie heads to the southern shore of fishers Island to hunt for food before checking in at the nest and remaining nearby until 10 a.m. He then heads to Groton and the Thames River as far nor as Shaws Cove and returns to the Island and the nest at the

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Charlie Tracking: June 1 – Four Quick Trips to Mainland

By |2020-04-14T18:30:14-04:00June 3rd, 2014|Charlie Blog|

6/1/14    Around 5:30 a.m., Charlie makes a trip north to the Thames River to hunt for food and returns to the nest on the west end of Fishers Island by 7:30 a.m. He remains near the nest until around 9 a.m. and then makes multiple trips around the west end, returning to the nest in-between,

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Charlie Tracking: May 29 – Three Trips: Latimer Cove and Thames River

By |2020-04-14T18:30:15-04:00June 1st, 2014|Charlie Blog|

5/29/14    Around 5:30 a.m., Charlie makes a quick trip to Latimer Brook in East Lyme to fish and then returns to the nest on the west end of Fishers Island by 7:30 a.m. Around 9 a.m. he makes a second trip to the mainland reaching Baker Cove by 9:20 a.m., then continues northwest to the

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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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