9/12/14 MIGRATION DAY 1: Charlie spends the his final 2014 early morning on Fishers Island, at the trees on Winthrop, then by 7 a.m., he heads south towards Gardiners Island. He spends from 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. just west and south of Tobaccolot Pond, then continues further south to reach Long Island before 10 a.m.
[slider id="three-chicks-2014"] June 9 Slideshow: Osprey Nest on Main Road east of Middle Farms Flats Now that the chicks are growing it is easier to see all 3 of them as the parents feed. [button link="https://fergusonmuseum.org/osprey-cam/" color="blue" target="_self" size="medium"]View live web cam[/button]
April the 29th 1746 It is Covenanted and agreed by the Lessor & Lessee that this Lease Shall be & it hereby is Lengthned out one year after the Expiration of the Same
Slideshow of both adult osprey on the nest on May 30, 2014, with the female feeding the chicks as the male looks on.
This video was captured during a recent nest-tending by the osprey. It reveals that there appears to be 2-3 eggs!
By Pierce Rafferty, Director Henry L. Ferguson Museum Rob Bierregaard, Research Associate of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, returned to Fishers Island on April 29th at the invitation of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum. Rob’s goal was to “tag” a second male osprey on Fishers Island with a cell tower
[slider id="osprey-nesting-2014"] April 16 Slideshow: Osprey Nest on Main Road east of Middle Farms Flats The osprey were first spotted on the nest at the beginning of April and courtship followed. During this time, one could see both ospreys on the nest as demonstrated in the photos from this April 16 slideshow. Shortly after that, eggs
4/26/14 Before 7 a.m. Edwin heads east from Selden Neck State Park along the Connecticut River to Latimer Brook in East Lyme, where he spends the morning, shortly after noon he make a quick trip just east at the Niantic River and back, then just north to Banning Cove by 4 p.m., but is back
Since Edwin reached Connecticut just over a month ago, he has spent much of his time on the mainland with his most frequent location being the Latimer Brook area of East Lyme and the Niantic River just to the east of it (see map above and April 26 post below for Google Earth view). According
The lease was signed on March 25, 1734 by Ann Winthrop, acting as agent and attorney for her husband John Winthrop, the Lessor and owner of all of Fishers Island. The Lessees were Mary and George Havens, of Fishers Island. This particular John Winthrop (1681-1747) was generally known as “John Winthrop, F.R.S.” to distinguish him from his famous forebears of the same name. He was the great grandson of John Winthrop, Sr., founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the grandson of John Winthrop, Jr., the founder of Fishers Island and New London.
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F.I. Sketchbook 2005
