BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Henry L. Ferguson Museum - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Henry L. Ferguson Museum X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Henry L. Ferguson Museum REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260512T133223 CREATED:20210416T144436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T181842Z UID:21415-1627833600-1627837200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Bats of Our Region DESCRIPTION:This virtual illustrated talk by Kim Hargrave\, Education Director of the DPNC\, reveals that bats are critical animals to local ecosystems worldwide.\nDuring the summer they actively consume night-flying insects. One little brown bat can eat 60 medium-sized moths or over 1\,000 mosquito sized insects in one night! Learn all about our nocturnal neighbors and which species are native to the area. \nAn adult program suitable for older\, interested children. \nSunday\, August 1\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual Program \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar: \nJoin Webinar\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,86864520238#  or +13017158592\,\,86864520238#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799\nWebinar ID: 868 6452 0238\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kVFiLLxOY URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/bats-of-our-region/ CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Little-brown-bats-101lbb-Ann-Froschauer-USFWS.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210808T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260512T133223 CREATED:20210416T150502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210727T181932Z UID:21422-1628438400-1628442000@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Common Loon Restoration Efforts in Southern New England DESCRIPTION:Virtual illustrated talk by wildlife research biologist\, Lucas Savoy.\nLucas Savoy is the Loon Program Director at the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI)\, a Maine-based non-profit organization that focuses on wildlife conservation. Along with partnering organizations\, BRI wildlife biologists have developed a technique to rear Common Loon chicks and safely transport them for release in areas of southern New England where loons have been removed from the landscape for more than 100 years. The multi-year project has already achieved exciting milestone moments and the future for successful loon restoration is bright. \nSunday\, August 8\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual Program. \nMeasuring and banding a loon. Courtesy of of Biodiversity Research Institute. \nLoon restoration: the final release. Courtesy of Biodiversity Research Institute. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/common-loon-restoration-efforts-in-southern-new-england/ CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Loon_final-release03_jese_costa_Lucas_Savoy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210815T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210815T170000 DTSTAMP:20260512T133223 CREATED:20210416T165158Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210810T200404Z UID:21440-1629043200-1629046800@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Rare Species and Natural Communities of Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:An illustrated talk by Matthew Schlesinger\, Chief Zoologist\, New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP).\nMatthew Schlesinger\, New York Natural Heritage Program \nNYNHP is working with the Henry L. Ferguson Museum to conduct a two-year biodiversity survey of the Museum’s Land Trust properties. Building on the island’s legacy of natural history work and more recent biodiversity observations\, NYNHP scientists are conducting focused surveys for rare plants\, insects\, amphibians\, reptiles\, bats\, and other species. They are also mapping the Land Trust’s ecosystems. \nOn Sunday\, August 15\, at 4 PM\, Matthew Schlesinger’s presentation will detail some of these survey techniques and interesting discoveries from the first half of their 2021 field season. It will be a fascinating exposé of who and what is living in our backyards\, and of interest to anyone who would like to know more about the unique and diverse flora and fauna all around us. \nSunday\, August 15\, 2021. \nTime: 4-5 p.m. \nThis illustrated talk will be both “In-Person” at the Museum and a Virtual Program. Seating is limited for those who wish to attend live. To guarantee a seat\, please register in advance by emailing Pierce Rafferty at fimuseum@fishersisland.net\, or by calling the Museum: (631) 788-7239. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Juvenile Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata). Photo by by Matthew Schlesinger\n \n \n \n \n \n Slender Blue Iris (Iris primatica) Photo by Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA NRCS. 1995. \n \n \n \n \n \n Needham’s skimmer (Libellula needhami). Photo by Jesse W. Jaycox URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/rare-species-and-natural-communities-of-fishers-island/ LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Needhams-Skimmer-i5909Jesse-W-Jaycox.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T150000 DTSTAMP:20260512T133223 CREATED:20210807T114936Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210813T122629Z UID:23597-1629208800-1629212400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:iNaturalist Workshop with Murray Fisher DESCRIPTION:In 2019 Murray Fisher\, founder of the New York Harbor School and Billion Oyster Project\, launched an effort to observe\, identify and catalog every species of organism on Fishers Island. The project utilizes the iNaturalist platform and app to build a Fishers Island biodiversity database from crowd-sourced photographs of all our living organisms. This is where your help is essential.\nJoin Murray Tuesday\, August 17\, for a workshop about how and why biodiversity matters on Fishers Island\, and about how you can help this exciting project by recording and sharing your observations on the iNaturalist Fishers Island Biodiversity Project webpage via the iNaturalist app. \nPlease bring your camera or iPhone to the workshop. \nFishers Island\, iNaturalist\nFishers Island is undoubtedly a place of great natural beauty—on our beaches\, in our marshes\, woodlands\, grasslands\, and even our own backyards. But what range of species live here? We can fairly easily observe the wide variety of plants\, birds and mammals with which we share our island\, but most people miss the smaller things. Luckily\, a remarkable platform named iNaturalist has been developed to help users identify any living organism. It is brilliantly simple to use. Users upload a photograph (from their phone or computer) and the platform’s image recognition software will guess an identity for it. Then that “observation” is automatically shared with nearly two million users\, including specialists\, who can help confirm the identity of the species. iNaturalist allows users to not only identify any living organism\, but to keep a catalog of everything the user has seen. It also facilitates the creation of projects like “Fishers Island Biodiversity” that group observations based on time and geographic parameters. \nThis gallery is a small sampling of the many Fishers Island iNaturalist observations that have reached Research Grade status\, meaning that they are shared with the Global Biodiversity Database and can be used by scientists and policy makers when regulating and managing species. More are on display in the museum as part of our Annual Exhibition and on this website. \nThe following observers have photographs on display: Jane T. Ahrens\, Kit Briggs\, Marnie Briggs\, Tracy Brock\, Benjamin de Menil\, Jamie Doucette\, Murray Fisher\, gerardwayscatmitch\, Stephanie Hall\, Michele Klimczak\, Frank Laskowski\, lydbug14\, Sara Maysles\, Foster McBride\, Terry McNamara\, Dr. Adam B. Mitchell\, Mary P. Murphy\, Linda Musser\, Kristen Peterson\, Phoebe Polk\, Alex Pollack\, Pierce Rafferty\, Laird Reed\, Alexa Rosenberg\, Jack Schneider\, and Harry Yerkes. \nWe thank each and everyone of you! \nPlease go to iNaturalist.com to see thousands more observations of the flora and fauna of Fishers Island by simply searching for our location. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/inaturalist-workshop-with-murray-fisher/ LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/iNaturalist-collage.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T170000 DTSTAMP:20260512T133224 CREATED:20210503T150630Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210819T104713Z UID:21528-1630252800-1630256400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:A Most Pivotal Decade: Fishers Island in the 1940s DESCRIPTION:In this illustrated lecture\, HLF Museum Director Pierce Rafferty will reveal much that has been forgotten or was never widely known about the 1940s on Fishers Island.\nSunday\, August 29\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nIn-person at the Movie Theater (and virtual). \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85755336672 \nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,85755336672#  or +13017158592\,\,85755336672# \nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 669 900 9128 \nWebinar ID: 857 5533 6672 \nInternational numbers available:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/keIXOyfFvD \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n US Navy conducting top secret experiments with anti-submarine detection devices (ASDIC) from a barge off Club Beach during World War II. Photo courtesy of Jim Carpenter.\n \n \n \n \n \n Civic Association Billboard\, Fishers Island Ferry Dock\, New London\, Conn. \nc.1948 Photograph by Al Gordon. Courtesy of the Gordon Family\n \n \n\nThis billboard encouraging outsider visitations reflects a period when both ends of Fishers Island were in deep financial crisis; the hotels were all shut down\, the Fergusons’ ferry company had ceased operations\, the Mansion House Cottages were being sold off to individuals\, the Fort was all but shuttered\, and the clubs couldn’t find enough suitable members to stay functioning. The newly formed Civic Association responded by promoting tourism as a way to increase commerce on and interest in Fishers Island. Shocking! URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/a-most-pivotal-decade-fishers-island-in-the-1940s/ LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/7831-Civic-Association-Billboard-AGordon.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR