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Edwin Tracking 2014, April 14 – Willys Brook Groton Res and Fishers Island

By |2020-04-14T18:31:50-04:00April 16th, 2014|Museum News|

4/14/14    Edwin spends the early morning at Willys Brook, then heads south for a quick visit at Latimer Brook around 7:30 a.m. before heading east across the Thames and is at Groton Reservoir before 9 a.m. Around noon, he heads south and is on Fishers Island by 12:30 p.m. Edwin spends a few hours between

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Edwin Tracking 2014, April 13 – Latimer Brook to CT River and Willys Meadow Brook

By |2020-04-14T18:31:50-04:00April 15th, 2014|Museum News|

4/13/14    Edwin spends another early morning in the Latimer Brook area of East Lyme, then heads west to Great Island along the shore of Old Lyme 8:15 a.m., then heads north along the Connecticut River towards Calves Island and Goose Island and continues further north to Hamburg Cove by 11:30 a.m. before turning northeast to

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Edwin Tracking 2014, April 12 – Latimer Brook to Groton Res and Back

By |2020-04-14T18:31:51-04:00April 14th, 2014|Museum News|

4/12/14    Edwin Spends another early morning along the Niantic River and Banning Cove/Latimer Brook area of East Lyme, then heads north just above Bogue Brook Reservoir by 9:30 a.m. and continues east through Montville to cross the Thames River to reach Avery Pond in Preston by 10 a.m. but then heads south to Groton Reservoir

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Edwin Tracking 2014: April 11 – CT and Niantic Rivers

By |2020-04-14T18:31:51-04:00April 12th, 2014|Museum News|

4/11/14    Edwin Spends the early morning along the Niantic River and Banning Cove/Latimer Brook area of East Lyme, then heads southwest towards the Old Lyme shore and then north along the Connecticut River to Lyme by 12:30 p.m. He then heads east and is in Chesterfield by 2:30 p.m. but eventually returns to the Niantic

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Edwin Tracking April 10, 2014 – Groton Reservoir to CT River

By |2020-04-14T18:31:51-04:00April 11th, 2014|Museum News|

4/10/14    Edwin spends the early morning along the Niantic River but heads east across the Thames and is at the Groton Reservoir area by 8 a.m. He crosses back around the Gold Star bridge before noon and continues west to reach the Connecticut River by 1:30 p.m. where he spends the afternoon. Around 5 p.m.

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Edwin Migration North 2014: April 9 – Niantic River and Shoreline East

By |2020-04-14T18:31:51-04:00April 10th, 2014|Museum News|

4/9/14    Edwin heads southeast from the Niantic River and reaches the shore near Beach Pond on Fishers Island by 7:30 a.m. then heads to the west end of the Island by 8:15 and then north towards the Mystic mainland by 9:30 a.m. Around 10 a.m. Edwin reaches the Groton Reservoir area but by 1 p.m.

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Edwin Migration North 2014: April 7-8 – Niantic River, East Lyme

By |2020-04-14T18:31:52-04:00April 9th, 2014|Museum News|

4/7/14    Edwin spends the early morning in the Banning Cove/Latimer Brook area of East Lyme, but by 10 a.m. heads northeast and crosses the Thames River in Quaker Hill to reach Warren Millpond in Groton, he then heads north past Latham Reservoir and returns back across the Thames before noon to the Niantic River area

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Edwin Migration North 2014: April 6 – Fishers Island

By |2020-04-14T18:31:52-04:00April 7th, 2014|Museum News|

4/6/14    Around 8:30 am Edwin heads southeast from the Niantic River and is at the middle of Fishers Island by 9:45 am. He spends a few hours between the Driving Range and the Matty Matthiessen Wildlife Sanctuary but then heads north to Noank around 1:15 pm, and continues through Groton to just north of the

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Ospreys Have Arrived Back on OspreyCam Nest

By |2020-04-14T18:31:52-04:00April 7th, 2014|Museum News, Osprey Blog|

A pair of ospreys has settled on the OspreyCam nest on the road past the driving range at Middle Farms. During the upcoming weeks, they will be spending time on the nest but frequently leaving it to fish and gather sticks for nest maintenance. Access the activity (and non activity!) during daylight hours:: [button link="https://fergusonmuseum.org/osprey-cam/"

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Edwin Migration North 2014: April 4-5 – Banning Cove and Willys Meadow Brook

By |2020-04-14T18:31:52-04:00April 5th, 2014|Museum News|

4/4/14    By 6:30 am Edwin leaves Pachaug Pond and heads east across Horton Cove on the Thames to Banning Cove in East Lyme by 7:30 am but loops back around to Groton Reservoir by 10:30 am and down to Mumford Cove before heading across the Thames again, back to Banning Cove before noon. He spends

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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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