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Photo courtesy of John Steinberg \nThursday\, April 7 at 6pm\, the Connecticut Audubon Society Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center will be hosting a virtual talk with filmmaker Jacob Steinberg\, Connecticut native and wildlife cinematographer who produced and directed “Season of the Osprey\,” a film about the cycle of the lives of the osprey\, shot in the marshes of Old Lyme and Greenwich over a period of seven years. \nRegister in advance to receive a link to attend both the live discussion on Zoom and a private link to view the film in advance. \nREGISTER\n\nQuestions? Contact the Connecticut Audubon Society at rtpec@ctaudubon.org or call 860-598-4218. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/season-of-the-osprey/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Season-of-osprey-J-Steinberg.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20220127T180628Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T123850Z UID:24590-1647792000-1647795600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Maritime Smuggling on Long Island: From Pirates to Rumrunners DESCRIPTION:Join us online for a virtual illustrated lecture by historian\, author and former Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer to discover why pirates like Captain Kidd were attracted to Long Island at the turn of the 18th century and how a visit by Kidd to Gardiners Island led to him dying on the gallows in London. And learn why Long Island was so attractive to bootleggers during Prohibition that the Atlantic Ocean off the South Shore became a crowded “Rum Row” that was frequented by bootleggers like William “The Real McCoy” McCoy who supplied gangsters like Al Capone and Dutch Schultz.\nBill Bleyer was a prizewinning staff writer for Newsday for 33 years specializing in history and maritime issues before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance for the newspaper and magazines. He is co-author\, with Harrison Hunt\, of Long Island and the Civil War (The History Press\, 2015). He is the author of Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House (The History Press\, 2016); Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island’s Welcoming Beacon (The History Press\, 2017)\, and Long Island and the Sea: A Maritime History\, (The History Press 2019); and George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring: A History and Tour Guide (The History Press\, 2021). The Hofstra University graduate has taught economics and journalism there and history at Webb Institute\, the naval architecture college in Glen Cove. \nVirtual Presentation. Advance Registration Not Required. \nPlease click the button below to join the webinar: \nJoin Webinar\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16699009128\,\,81656066864#  or +12532158782\,\,81656066864# \nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 301 715 8592 \nWebinar ID: 816 5606 6864 \nInternational numbers available:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcQpBYcHxd \nIllustration from p. 161 of Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates (1921). From Wikimedia Commons. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/maritime-smuggling-on-long-island-from-pirates-to-rumrunners/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Bill-Bleyer-Maritime-Smuggling.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20211208T151834Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211208T174128Z UID:24283-1639324800-1639328400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The History of Farming on Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:An encore virtual screening \nHLFM Director Pierce Rafferty will host a screening of his recorded illustrated talk ‘The History of Farming on Fishers Island\,’ which was co-directed by Marisela La Grave and funded by a generous grant from the Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation\, this Sunday\, December 12th\, at 4 PM. Please note that this talk was first presented virtually in August 2020.\nFarming was our island’s dominant economic activity for more than two centuries following the first European settlement in the 1640s\, displaced at the west end by resort development beginning in the 1870s and at the east end by the Olmsted Plan in the mid-1920s. There were dairy farms\, gamekeeping farms\, and poultry farms. Before tennis and golf\, there were cows\, sheep\, and chickens! \nJoin Pierce this Sunday\, December 12\, 2021\, at 4 PM\, for a tour of this fascinating all-but-forgotten history that includes a visit to the Fishers Island Oyster Farm\, the last surviving farm on Fishers Island. \nTHE HISTORY OF FARMING ON FISHERS ISLAND\nEncore Virtual Screening with HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty\nDate: Sunday\, December 12\, 2021\nTime: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nNo Advance Registration Required \nClick to Join Webinar\nWebinar ID: 893 9979 6417 \nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/k7sC1ZPmo \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Farmers haying on Middle Farms Flats\, circa 1920 Photograph by Harold Baker. Museum Collection. This photograph captures one aspect of past farming activities on what is today the Matty Mathiessen Wildlife Sanctuary\, Middle Farms. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-history-of-farming-on-fishers-island-2/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/10930-hayingFlatPlainshouse1920-Harold-Baker.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211114T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20211110T182607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T182607Z UID:24192-1636905600-1636909200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Outside Views of Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:ILLUSTRATED TALK BY HLFM DIRECTOR\, PIERCE RAFFERTY \nMost residents of Fishers Island\, both year-round and seasonal (the latter formerly known as summer people)\, tend to think about the island in terms of their own personal feelings and opinions. As someone obsessed with the island’s history\, I have for some years now been just as interested in tracking down and gathering information on how the outside world has perceived our fair isle\, and I am pleased to revisit the topic this coming Sunday\, November 14th\, at 4 PM with an in-person and virtual presentation of ‘Outside Views of Fishers Island.’ \nThis ‘Outside Views’ illustrated talk\, chock full of intentional and accidental humor\, takes the viewer on a rollercoaster ride through history that reveals how Fishers Island evolved into an outsider-phobic\, privacy-obsessed outpost while tracing the often-outlandish opinions and descriptions generated by those who scrutinize us from afar. \nFirst presented in 2006\, ‘Outside Views’ was given in an expanded version during the 2017 summer season\, and more recently to an off-season audience in February 2020. However\, even if you’ve seen and heard it before\, this conglomeration of offbeat humor and over-the-top history is timeless and worth a second visit. \nThis talk can be seen either virtually (see link below) or attended in-person at the Museum on the 2nd Floor. \nIN-PERSON TALK\nIf attending in person\, please RSVP via email or by telephone (631-788-7239) by Saturday\, November 13th\, as seating is limited. Masks are required for in-person attendees. I hope to see you there\, either way. \nVIRTUAL TALK\nDate: Sunday\, November 14\, 2021\nTime: 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.\nNo Advance Registration Required \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar: \nJOIN VIRTUAL TALK\nWebinar ID: 893 9979 6417\nInternational numbers available:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/kJ68bt9h4 URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/outside-views-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/2020/03/pr250yrs-outsideviewsFI.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210416T183221Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210920T184616Z UID:21453-1632672000-1632675600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Bird Bling: How Banding Birds Helps Conservation DESCRIPTION:In this virtual illustrated talk\, seabird biologist Adam DiNuovo will discuss how banding reveals the remarkable lives of birds and helps us in our conservation efforts. He will use birds from all over the US as examples\, including two species nesting in the northeast.\nAdam DiNuovo has been working with seabirds and shorebirds for the last 20 years. Projects have included California Least Terns in San Diego\, Piping Plover in the Gulf of Mexico\, and American Oystercatchers in VA. He is currently working with seabirds in the Gulf of ME. \nNOTE: THIS ILLUSTRATED TALK WAS RESCHEDULED FROM AUGUST \nJoin the webinar: \nJoin Webinar\n\nOr One tap mobile:\nUS: +16465588656\,\,82713879403#  or +13126266799\,\,82713879403# \nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799 \nWebinar ID: 827 1387 9403 \nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/knM7Xzu5v \nAudubon biologist Adam DiNuovo and a volunteer carefully apply a leg band to a black skimmer chick. Photo by Jean Hall \nBlack Skimmer banded in 2017. Photo by Jean Hall. \nBlack Skimmer banded in 2017 with a new chick. Photo by Jean Hall. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/bird-bling-how-banding-birds-helps-conservation/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Black-Skimmer-banded-2017-Jean-Hall.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210918T173000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210909T183442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210910T095030Z UID:23873-1631980800-1631986200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Benefit to Preserve Plum Island DESCRIPTION:As members of the Preserve Plum Island Coalition\,\nthe H.L. Ferguson Museum\, the Fishers Island Conservancy\,\nand the Fishers Island Oyster Farm\ninvite you to a benefit for\nSave the Sound\nto support its leading role in the\nCampaign to Preserve Plum Island.\nWe hope that you are able to attend either in-person or virtually. \nThe afternoon’s program begins with a presentation by\nLouise Harrison\, Save the Sound’s New York Natural Areas Coordinator.\nMs. Harrison will address why the preservation of Plum Island is paramount\, and\nhow you can join the fight to preserve it for the people and wildlife of our region. \nWhere: F.I. Movie Theater\nWhen: Saturday\, September 18th\nTime: 4pm\nImmediately followed by a\nFishers Island Oysters & Champagne Reception\nfor in-person attendees. \nA webinar link will be provided soon for virtual attendees. \nLouise Harrison is a conservation biologist who has served in federal\, state\, and county agencies\, as well as in leadership and consulting positions for non-profit environmental organizations throughout Long Island. For example\, Louise worked on stewardship and habitat restoration as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service liaison to the Long Island Sound Study\, identified regionally important natural areas in New York State’s Long Island Sound Coastal Management Program\, and was appointed to create and plan the Long Island North Shore Heritage Area by the New York State Assembly. As New York Natural Areas Coordinator\, Louise has been at Save the Sound for five years\, stationed in Southold. While concentrating on the Plum Island preservation campaign\, Louise also has been advancing various land conservation and restoration efforts across Long Island’s North Shore\, from Queens to the North Fork. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/benefit-to-preserve-plum-island/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture,Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/PreservePlumIsland-Benefit-Invite.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210912T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210810T200706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210907T153039Z UID:23623-1631462400-1631466000@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:U-Boats in New England DESCRIPTION:An illustrated talk by maritime historian Eric Wiberg\nSunday\, September 12th\, 2021 \nTime: 4-5 p.m. \nStarting weeks after Hitler declared war on the United States in mid-December 1941 and lasting until the war with Germany was all but over\, 73 German U-Boats sustainably attacked New England waters\, from Montauk\, N.Y. to the tip of Nova Scotia at Cape Sable. Fifteen percent of these U-boats were sunk by Allied counter-attacks\, five surrendered in the region\, and three were sunk off New England—Block Island\, Massachusetts Bay\, and off Nantucket. There were 34 Allied merchant or naval ships sunk by these subs. Over 1\,100 men were thrown in the water and 545 of them made it ashore in New England ports and 428 were killed. Importantly\, saboteurs were landed at three locations: Long Island\, Frenchman’s Bay\, Maine and New Brunswick Canada. Wiberg’s talk chronicles these stories and more.\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. \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81932105776 \nJoin webinar\n\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,81932105776# or +13017158592\,\,81932105776#\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: 819 3210 5776 \nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcbGNWJnI3 \n\nAbout Eric Wiberg\nEric Wiberg \nMaritime historian Eric Wiberg moved to New England from the Bahamas for boarding school. He became a yacht captain (US Merchant Marine license\, 1995)\, obtained a maritime law degree (2004)\, and a masters in marine affairs (2005). The founder of Echo Yacht Delivery (1999)\, Eric sailed over one hundred vessels globally. A Boston College graduate\, he has studied geography in Oxford\, law in Lisbon\, and film in New York. The author of some 20 non-fiction books\, his focus is on maritime casualties. He commercially operated a tanker fleet from Singapore\, sold shipping news\, marketed tugs to Europeans\, and briefly salvaged a tanker platform in the Bahamas. \n  URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/u-boats-in-new-england/ 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/Eric-Wiberg-U-Boats-in-New-England.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210829T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 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 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210817T150000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 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:20210815T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210815T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 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:20210808T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210808T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 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/ LOCATION:NY 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:20210801T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210801T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 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/ LOCATION:NY 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:20210725T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210725T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210416T143017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210719T165737Z UID:21399-1627228800-1627232400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Vernal Pools DESCRIPTION:This illustrated talk by Bruce Fellman focuses on amazing life in the temporary wetlands known as vernal pools.\nSunday\, July 25\, 2021 \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual Program + In-person (SEATING LIMITED TO 35 PEOPLE)\nTo guarantee a seat\, please register in advance: fimuseum@fishersisland.net or call 631-788-7239. Please note that masks are required for attendees. \nA Look at the Remarkable Life of a Part-time Pond\nVernal pools are magical and temporary fresh water wetlands that serve as both single’s bars and nurseries for a variety of frogs\, salamanders\, and invertebrates\, all of which have evolved to prosper in a pond that\, for at least a portion of the year\, will become a dry hole. The part-time nature of these vernal pools\, rules out the presence of fish\, and their absence\, along with the habitat’s impermanence\, sets the stage for a fascinating cast of hardy animals and plants\, some of them found only in the vernal pool environment. In this virtual program\, we’ll meet the animals and plants that thrive in temporary waters. With increasing development and the rapid change in our climate\, we’ll also chart the uncertain future of these wondrous places and leave plenty of time for questions. \nEnvironmental photojournalist\, naturalist\, and teacher Bruce Fellman has spent more than half-a-century getting his feet wet as he documents the vernal pool environment. He’s written about these habitats and the scientists who study them for such magazines as Smithsonian\, National Wildlife\, and the Yale Alumni Magazine\, where Fellman served as managing editor until his retirement several years ago\, as well as in his syndicated weekly natural history column\, “A Naturalist’s Journal\,” which has been a fixture in area newspapers since 1978. He also offers popular classes through local schools and conservation organizations on temporary pond ecology and conservation. \nJoin online webinarPhotos © Bruce Fellman URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/vernal-pools/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/spotted-salamander-3701A-Bruce-Fellman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210718T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210718T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210412T170028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210718T191822Z UID:21367-1626624000-1626627600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again DESCRIPTION:Virtual illustrated lecture by acclaimed garden author Page Dickey.\nPage Dickey \nPage has been gardening passionately since her early twenties\, and writing about gardening\, as well as designing gardens for others\, for the last three decades. She has written eight books and edited another. Most of her books concentrate on aspects of garden design such as creating gardens that reflect their settings. Her latest book is: Uprooted: A Gardener Reflects on Beginning Again. \nPage Dickey knew the transitions she faced walking away from her celebrated garden at Duck Hill after thirty-four years. What surprised her were the happy opportunities that came with starting over. Uprooted follows Dickey’s evolution from old to new\, cultivated to wild\, and from one type of gardener to another. It is a story for anyone who has had to begin anew—in gardening or in life. \nSunday\, July 18\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual Program. \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nJoin Virtual Talk URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/uprooted-a-gardener-reflects-on-beginning-again/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/duck-hill-Page-Dickey.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210711T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210412T151034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210705T142228Z UID:21357-1626019200-1626022800@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Barred Owls DESCRIPTION:Ornithologist Rob Bierregaard’s virtual illustrated talk focuses on the Barred Owl.\nFor over a decade\, Rob’s research team studied the thriving population of Barred Owls that live in the Charlotte\, NC\, suburbs and surrounding countryside. A remarkable 300 pairs of Barred Owls live within 10 miles of downtown Charlotte. He and his graduate students\, along with a small flock of undergrads\, followed as many as 25 pairs of owls each spring and summer. They tracked dozens of owls to measure their home ranges and the dispersal of young. They installed video cameras in nest boxes and recorded the delivery of over 1\,600 prey items. Rob will discuss what he learned about how and why Barred Owls have done so well in suburbia and give a general overview of how the species is doing across North America. \nSunday\, July 11\, 2021. \nTime: 4-5 p.m. \nVirtual Program. No Advance Registration Required \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar: \nJoin Webinar\nWebinar ID: 879 9046 2519\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kqahXjlpJ \n  \nBarred Owl photo by Justine Kibbe. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/barred-owls/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Barred_Owl-15584-Made-in-the-Shade-j-kibbe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210606T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210528T154041Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210528T154353Z UID:21838-1622995200-1622998800@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The Billion Oyster Project DESCRIPTION:The Billion Oyster Project: HLFM Virtual Talk with Pete Malinowski\nSunday\, June 6\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual Program. \nThe Atlantic oyster\, Crassostrea virginica\, has been part of the story of Fishers Island for the 8\,000 years that it has been inhabited: from providing the earliest hunters and gathers with a nutrient-rich food source to today\, where the Atlantic oysters farmed by Steve and Sarah Malinowski’s Fishers Island Farm are the island’s only commercial export.\nHowever\, there is another Fishers Island Oyster Farm export that is making waves approximately 111 miles west of Fishers Island—in New York City—and he is using that same Atlantic oyster to help bring positive environmental\, educational and social change on a massive scale. \nJoin us Sunday\, June 6th\, for a virtual talk with Pete Malinowski\, co-founder and Executive Director of the Billion Oyster Project (BOP)\, who will reveal how they have harnessed the power of oyster to restore and reclaim New York Harbor while educating and engaging New York City’s students and citizens in BOP’s mission and purpose. Restoring one billion oysters will make a big difference in New York Harbor\, but that’s just a drop in the bucket of what was once there—and only half of the story. \nBOP Executive Director Pete Malinowski. Courtesy of the Billion Oyster Project. \n“Billion Oyster Project was founded on the belief that restoration without education is temporary\, and that learning outcomes improve when students have the opportunity to work on real restoration projects. Beyond designing STEM curriculum for NYC schools through the lens of oyster restoration\, BOP collects discarded oyster shells for reuse from 75 NYC restaurants\, builds reef structures with volunteers\, and engages Urban Assembly New York Harbor School students in large-scale projects. To date\, BOP has planted 45 million oysters\, restoring 12 acres of habitat at 15 reef sites\, with the help of more than 6\,000 students and 10\,000 volunteers.”\n– Pete Malinowski \nWe are thrilled to have Pete with us (virtually) to give the BOP’s many supporters on the island a chance to hear how the organization not only weathered the pandemic —but in the midst of it\, how they built the largest reef in New York Harbor history by placing reef structures filled with 15 million oysters off of Soundview Park at the mouth of the Bronx River. \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/86407340701\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,86407340701#  or +13126266799\,\,86407340701#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 301 715 8592  or +1 669 900 9128  or +1 253 215 8782  or +1 346 248 7799\nWebinar ID: 864 0734 0701\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbGu9JRF2e \n  \nHigh school students in NYC monitor the oysters at a Community Reef under the Manhattan Bridge. Photo: Benjamin Von Wong \n  \nBillion Oyster Project and New York Harbor School train NYC high school students to become scientific divers. Photo: Benjamin Von Wong. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-billion-oyster-project/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/BOP-HS-students-NYC-Manhattan-Bridge.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210516T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210503T140247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210506T193036Z UID:21531-1621180800-1621184400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Fishers Island Ferries Over Time DESCRIPTION:In this virtual illustrated talk\, Museum Director Pierce Rafferty hosts the premier of Fishers Island Ferries Over Time\, a video that traces the history of ferry transportation to the island.\nIncluded are rare outlier visits by excursion steamboats in the 1820s and 1830s\, followed by the first regularly scheduled trips to Fishers by the Pequot & Ocean Transit Company that began in the late 1870s. This production chronicles an array of passenger and auto ferries that have connected us to the outside world ever since that time. Without a doubt\, the ferries are the stars of this historical production. \nCo-directed by Pierce Rafferty and Marisela LaGrave. Funded by the Dunlap Foundation\, Benjamin H. Gray and Lewis Gatch\, Trustees. \nSunday\, May 16\, 2021. \nTime: 4 p.m. \nVirtual. \nJoin webinar\nOr One tap mobile :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,82680669036#  or +13017158592\,\,82680669036#\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: 826 8066 9036\nInternational numbers available:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbxxyQketo \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n SS Block Island at Lyles Beach dock\, Fishers Island\, circa 1885. Museum Collection. Donated by Diane Dawson Dexter.\n \n \n \n \n \n Billhead of the Fishers Island Steamboat Company\, Ltd.\, circa 1888. Museum Collection. Donated by Jim Wall.\n \n \n \n \n \n Capital Stock Fishers Island Steamboat Company\, Ltd.\, 1888. Museum Acquisition\, 2019.\n \n \n \n \n \n SS Restless at Munnatawket Dock\, Fishers Island\, 1914. Photograph by Quimby. Museum Collection. Donated by Tom and Bunty Armstrong.\n \n \n \n \n \n Fishers Island Ferry District Logo\, circa 1947. Museum Collection. Donated by the Fishers Island Ferry District.\n \n \n \n \n \n MV Race Point in rough seas. November\, 1990. Museum Collection. Photograph by Charles Morgan. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/fishers-island-ferries-over-time/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/210-Restless-Munnatawket-Dock-FI-1914.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210425T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210419T123627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210419T123627Z UID:21464-1619366400-1619370000@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Astronomy and the E. Wilbur Rice Jr. Observatory on Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:It is not hard to imagine why the island has so many amateur stargazers. The night sky\, especially on the south side of the island\, is remarkably free from the light pollution that defines larger\, more metropolitan areas. In this Sunday’s virtual illustrated talk\, John W. Briggs will delve into the fascinating stories behind the instrumentation of astronomy\, and in particular\, the little-known story of the astronomical observatory built right here on Fishers.\n“Astronomy remains one of the most engaging of the natural sciences\, with the beauty and mystery of the sky calling enthusiasts to its study\, recreationally and professionally. The necessary tools—telescopes\, observatories\, cameras\, and spectrographs—have an attraction of their own\, in that these instruments are often built with a sculpted beauty\, seemingly in deference to their worthy use. Further\, the skill necessary for creating these tools is often nothing less than heroic. In an example that has become legendary\, an obscure private observatory built above a backyard garden on Fishers Island in 1931 for the former president of General Electric\, was executed so beautifully that\, even though its owner died only a handful of years after its construction\, knowledge of it subsequently leaked through the astronomical community. It quietly influenced and inspired many young astronomers\, including ones who went on to become leading specialists.”\n– John W. Briggs \nJohn Briggs has worked in various technical capacities at observatories across the country\, including University of Chicago’s Yerkes Observatory and Mount Wilson in California. In 1994\, he served as a winter-over scientist at South Pole Station in the U.S. Antarctic Program\, working for Chicago’s Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica. He has served three terms as president of the Antique Telescope Society\, and currently\, he operates a museum and library called the Astronomical Lyceum in Magdalena\, New Mexico. \nWe hope you can join us this Sunday\, April 25 at 4 PM. At the conclusion of the talk we will have a short Q&A with Mr. Briggs. \n  \nDate: Sunday\, April 25\, 2021\nTime: 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM\nNo Advance Registration Required\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84175067407\nOr One tap mobile US:\n+16465588656\,\,84175067407#\nor\n+13126266799\,\,84175067407#\nWebinar ID: 841 7506 7407\nInternational numbers available:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/u/kc2r3NAYT \nThe Rice 10 1/2-inch refracting telescope built for E. Wilbur Rice by Warner & Swasey with optics by C. A. Robert Lundin. Courtesy of John W. Briggs. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/astronomy-and-the-e-wilbur-rice-jr-observatory-on-fishers-island/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/rice_observatory-27135.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210228T144000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210225T145724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210225T150403Z UID:21230-1614520800-1614523200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Seamen of Color: Living and Sailing from the Port of New London\, 1640-1880 DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate Black History Month\, The Henry L. Ferguson Museum and the New London Maritime Society are pleased to co-host Seamen of Color: Living and Sailing from the Port of New London\, 1640-1880\, an Illustrated Talk by Sandi Brewster-walker\, chair and acting executive director of the Long Island Indigenous People Museum & Research Institute.\nDate: Sunday\, February 28th\, 2021\nTime: 2:00 pm – 2:40 PM\nNo Advance Registration Required \nJoin us this Sunday\, as Ms. Brewster-walker reveals the experiences of people of color who served as whaling captains and crew sailing out of Long Island Sound in the early 1880s\, and in particular\, the seamen of color who came to New London from other parts of Connecticut to sail from its harbor. \nMs. Brewster-walker will highlight the experiences of these men who hunted whales from 1790-1860\, and give insight into their boarding houses\, churches\, and lives on shore. She also will discuss the different types of whaling vessels\, where they hunted for whales\, and the shipwrecks that befell the unluckiest of them. \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89761568754 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,89761568754# or +13017158592\,\,89761568754# \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: 897 6156 8754 \nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcV5J08fyW \nPLEASE NOTE: that there is no registration confirmation email for this Illustrated Talk. On Sunday\, February 28\, before 2 PM\, just click the link above\, enter your name and email\, and you will be joined into the Talk. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/seamen-of-color-living-and-sailing-from-the-port-of-new-london-1640-1880/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/MagicNight-by-MarekRuzyk.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210131T144000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20210126T202249Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T213427Z UID:21084-1612101600-1612104000@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Shipwrecked DESCRIPTION:SHIPWRECKED\, Coastal Disasters and the Making of The American Beach\nThe Henry L. Ferguson Museum in partnership with the New London Maritime Society – Custom House Maritime Museum\, will be hosting a mid-winter illustrated talk that we hope will bring you summery thoughts as you consider the beaches of Fishers Island with a new perspective.\nDiscussing his first book\, SHIPWRECKED\, Coastal Disasters and the Making of The American Beach\, Jamin Wells lays out his case that disasters have not only bedeviled the American beach—they created it. \nThough the American beach is now one of the most commercialized\, contested\, and engineered places on the planet\, few people visited or called it home at the beginning of the nineteenth century. However\, by the twentieth century\, the American beach had become the summer encampment of presidents\, a common destination for millions of citizens\, and the site of rapidly growing beachfront communities. \nJoin us as Mr. Wells tells the story of this epic transformation\, arguing that coastal shipwrecks themselves changed how Americans viewed\, used\, and inhabited the shoreline. Some welcome food for thought as we hunker down both here on Fishers and in far flung places while looking forward to warmer walks along the beach. \nDate: Sunday\, January 31st\, 2021\nTime: 2:00 pm – 2:40 PM\nNo Advance Registration Required \nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/82789556859 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16465588656\,\,82789556859# or +13126266799\,\,82789556859# \nOr Telephone:\nDial (for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 253 215 8782 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 669 900 9128\nWebinar ID: 827 8955 6859 \nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kehsKETjPR \nNew York – A Scene at Long Beach\, the New and Popular Seaside Resort\, (wood engraving\, 1882).Courtesy of the Library of Congress. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/shipwrecked/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/John_Minturn_Nathaniel_Currier.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200906T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200906T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200821T114822Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200821T122237Z UID:20215-1599408000-1599411600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The Rise and Fall of Hotels on Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:Pierce Rafferty\, Director of the HLFM\, will host a screening of his illustrated talk\, ‘The Rise and Fall of Hotels on Fishers Island.’\nCo-directed by Marisela LaGrave\, this illustrated talk chronicles the life span of all Fishers Island hotels from the launching of the first destination hotel in 1877 to the shuttering of the last of Fishers Island three grand hotels in the early 1940s. Later sections document the fiery demise of the original “Big Club and the resurrection of the Pequot\, an island institution that has outlasted all its high-class competition. This production was made possible by a generous grant from the Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation. 

 \nSunday\, September 6\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. Virtual talk/screening\, advance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today!\n\n  URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-rise-and-fall-of-hotels-on-fishers-island/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1077-hlfm-Munnatawket-Hotel.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200830T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200830T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T181704Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T163543Z UID:17313-1598803200-1598806800@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Blowin’ in the Wind? DESCRIPTION:Illustrated Lecture on The Latest on Offshore Wind Development in the Northeast \nThe Block Island Wind Farm\, the United States’ first and only offshore wind farm to date\, began supplying renewable energy to Block Island and mainland Rhode Island in 2016. This five-turbine\, nearshore project is likely to be only the first of many larger offshore wind farms to be developed further offshore in the waters off New England and the Mid-Atlantic.\nDr. Tiffany Smythe\, professor of maritime policy at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy\, will provide an update on offshore wind development throughout the region and share highlights of her research on the political and social dimensions of offshore wind farms. \nSunday\, August 30\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. \nThis virtual Talk is co-sponsored by Custom House Maritime Museum (New London\, Conn.). \nAdvance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today!\n\nFor more information on the Custom House Maritime Museum\, please visit their website: nlmaritimesociety.org. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/blowin-in-the-wind/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/wind-turbines_smythe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200823T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200823T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T181500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T163504Z UID:17311-1598198400-1598202000@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Regenerative Gardening DESCRIPTION:Illustrated Lecture by Craig Floyd on How to Garden with Mother Nature while reducing your work load\, increasing your production and nutritional quality\, while also reducing your costs.\nCraig Floyd is a tenth generation Farmer from Stonington who currently is the Farm Manager at the Giving Garden at Coogan Farm which is owned by the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center in Mystic. A social activist\, and a Regenerative No-Till No Spray farmer\, Craig is a Ted Talk presenter as well as a frequent speaker on regenerative farming techniques. He teaches a year-long Regenerative Farming Course and his volunteer-run Giving Garden has donated over 65\,000 pounds of produce in the last five years. \nSunday\, August 23\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. Virtual talk\, advance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today! URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/regenerative-gardening/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/farmer-craig_floyd-dpnc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200816T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200816T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200809T172827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200809T173514Z UID:20144-1597593600-1597597200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The History of Farming on Fishers Island DESCRIPTION:Virtual Illustrated Talk Screening

 \nPierce Rafferty\, Director of the HLFM\, will host a screening of his illustrated talk\, ‘The History of Farming on Fishers Island\,’ which traces the evolution of farming from the first American Indian inhabitants through to our last remaining farmers at the Fishers Island Oyster Farm.\nCo-directed by Marisela LaGrave\, this illustrated talk takes the viewer on a fascinating journey through centuries of Fishers Island history with the help of rare photographs\, original documents\, and a trove of entertaining and illuminating anecdotes. This production was made possible by a generous grant from the Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation. \nSunday\, August 16\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. Virtual talk screening\, advance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today! URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-history-of-farming-on-fishers-island/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/hayingflatplains1920-10937.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200816T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200816T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T181114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200810T164414Z UID:17307-1597593600-1597597200@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Storms or Trophies or History: Why Do We Sail? DESCRIPTION:CANCELLATION NOTICE: Author John Rousmaniere has unfortunately had to cancel his sailing talk that was scheduled for Sunday\, August 16\, 2020. In its place\, HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty will host a screening of his recorded Illustrated Talk ‘The History of Farming on Fishers Island\,’ which was funded by a generous grant from the Jeanann Gray Dunlap Foundation.\nCo-directed by Marisela LaGrave\, this production chronicles the full sweep of farms and farm activity on Fishers Island by both American Indians and the Winthrop stock farmers that replaced them. Farming was our island’s dominant economic activity for more than two centuries following first European settlement in the 1640s\, yielding at the west end in the 1870s when a resort was first established. Even after that development\, farming continued on the eastern two thirds of the island for another 50 years. There were dairy farms\, gamekeeping farms\, and poultry farms. In the late 1890s\, Fishers Island was arguably better known around the world for its famous poultry than as a summer resort. Before tennis and golf\, there were cows\, sheep\, and chickens. \n\nA talk by John Rousmaniere. \nChallenging\, romantic\, and (some think) strange—the challenges and appeals of sailing always inspire entertaining discussion. The debate will be reviewed by John Rousmaniere\, along with a few sea stories and tips for safe sailing.\nA widely experienced sailor\, Rousmaniere has written widely about the sport in books that include Fastnet\, Force 10 (about a storm he survived)\, The Annapolis Book of Seamanship (a “boating bible”)\, and histories of races and organizations\, including the Fishers Island Yacht Club. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/storms-or-trophies-or-history-why-do-we-sail/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200809T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200809T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T180726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T163249Z UID:17303-1596988800-1596992400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:An Introduction to Backyard Butterflies DESCRIPTION:Illustrated Lecture by Kim Hargrave\, Education Director Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. \nHave you ever wondered what butterflies were visiting your backyard? Join us for this online class for an introduction to our backyard butterflies.\nWe will discuss how to attract butterflies to your yard\, their important role as pollinators and learn more about their incredible life cycles. This talk is designed for adults\, but suitable for interested older children and teens. \nSunday\, August 9\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. Virtual talk\, advance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today! URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/an-introduction-to-backyard-butterflies/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/butterflies-dpnc.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200802T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200802T170000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T180410Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200729T163137Z UID:17299-1596384000-1596387600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The Future PRFCT DESCRIPTION:The Future PRFCT: How Gardens can save your sanity\, your health and the birds too!\nIllustrated Lecture \nJoin us for a talk by Edwina von Gal\, founder of the Perfect Earth Project\, a non-profit organization based in East Hampton\, NY.\nEdwina von Gal\, landscape designer and founder of the Perfect Earth Project will discuss why and how landscapes\, no matter how small\, can play a leading role in healing our injured ecosystems\, curing your eco anxiety\, and bringing bounteous beauty to your property.  Her talk will cover the basics of nature-based design with practical\, irresistible tips for beginners to professionals\, as she invites all to toss the chemical crutches and step into a whole new world of land partnering. \nAug 2\, 2020 4:00 pm. \nThis virtual Talk is co-sponsored by Custom House Maritime Museum (New London\, Conn.). \nAdvance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today!\n\n \n  \n\nFor more information on the Custom House Maritime Museum\, please visit their website: nlmaritimesociety.org. \n\n  URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-future-prfct-how-gardens-can-save-your-sanity-your-health-and-the-birds-too/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TheFuturePRFCT-Edwina-vonGal.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200726T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200726T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T180136Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200728T182350Z UID:17295-1595764800-1595768400@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The Bethlehem Pa. – F.I. Connection DESCRIPTION:The Bethlehem\, Pa. – F.I. Connection: How a Once-Strong Link Became Uncoupled\nThis illustrated lecture by HLFM Director Pierce Rafferty will examine the untold story of Fishers Island’s once strong but now all-but-forgotten connections to Bethlehem\, PA.\, focusing on the Bartlett family\, owners of the Bartlett Cottages\, the Linderman brothers\, builders of the “Garp House” and today’s Baccile house\, and the Hoppes family\, original owners of the Mononotto Inn.\nSunday\, July 26\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. Virtual Talk\, advance registration Required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today! URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-bethlehem-pa-f-i-connection/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/bartlett-cottages-9483.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200719T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200719T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T175829Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200702T201627Z UID:17291-1595160000-1595163600@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:The Science of Climate Change DESCRIPTION:Illustrated Lecture \nIn a world where facts matter\, learn about the science of climate change from F.I. seasonal resident\, Peter Raymond.\nThis talk will cover the history of climate change science and how modern day greenhouse gas concentrations are maintained. Pete is a professor of ecosystem Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies where he studies greenhouse gas exchange between ecosystems and the atmosphere and teaches The Physical Science of Climate Change. \nSunday\, July 19\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. \nThis virtual Talk is co-sponsored by Custom House Maritime Museum (New London\, Conn.). \nAdvance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today!\n\nFor more information on the Custom House Maritime Museum\, please visit their website: nlmaritimesociety.org. URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-science-of-climate-change/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/smoke-stacks-257775.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200712T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200712T130000 DTSTAMP:20260502T001950 CREATED:20200512T175550Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200702T190547Z UID:17287-1594555200-1594558800@fergusonmuseum.org SUMMARY:Creating Connecticut DESCRIPTION:Walter Woodward\, Connecticut State Historian will give a talk on his new book Creating Connecticut: Critical Moments That Shaped a Great State (Globe Pequot).\nSunday\, July 12\, 2020. Time: 4 p.m. \nThis virtual Talk is co-sponsored by Custom House Maritime Museum (New London\, Conn.). \nAdvance registration required. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nRegister Today!\n\nFor more information on the Custom House Maritime Museum\, please visit their website: nlmaritimesociety.org. \n\n  URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/creating-connecticut/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://fergusonmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/walter_woodward_CreatingConnecticut.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR