Coyote Talk
An illustrated talk with Dr. Numi Mitchell, lead scientist and project director of the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study.
Saturday, August 11, 2012 Time: 2 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel
Trip to Great Gull Island’s Tern Research Center
A trip to neighboring Great Gull Island which has large nesting concentrations of Common Terns and endangered Roseate Terns.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012. Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Commuter Ferry "Popeye"
“Coastal Ospreys, New York City to Boston: 150 Years of Beating the Odds.”
An illustrated lecture by noted osprey expert, Alan Poole, author of "Ospreys: A Natural and Unnatural History," (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989).
Sunday, August 5, 2012. Time: 4 p.m.
Place: Union Chapel.
History of the Fishers Island Fire Department
An illustrated talk by HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty. He highlights how the Department and its associated emergency services have evolved with a focus on their remarkable record of dedicated training, service and accomplishment. Sunday, July 29, 2012. Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel.
“On the Playing Fields of Privilege: The Residential Work of Delano & Aldrich, 1903-1940”
Educator and architectural historian Derek Ostergard will give an illustrated lecture examining the work of one of America's most renowned architectural firms. The A.W. Dater house on Fishers Island, today Wakeman, was a Delano & Aldrich commission. Sunday July 8, 2012 Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel. Note: This talk was scheduled for last August, but cancelled at the last minute due to Tropical Storm Irene.
“Muskeget to Matinicus: Plant Diversity on New England’s Coastal Islands.”
An illustrated lecture by Robert T. McMaster, Professor of Biology, Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
– The HLFM's 2012 Smith Vaughan Lecture on a Natural History Subject.
Sunday, July 22, 2012. Time: 4 p.m. Place: Union Chapel.
