ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021
PONDS, MARSHES & WETLANDS
Aerial of Island Pond with Block Island Sound beyond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
There are about 130 acres of fresh and brackish water ponds on Fishers Island. It is remarkable that these habitats survive. During the late 19th century through the 1920s, from one tip of the island to the other, no less than the US Army, two generations of Ferguson developers and the Olmsted Bros. expended a great deal of time and money draining and filling in ponds and wetlands. For example, a large section of the Ferry Parking Lot was once a pond, as was Town Green. These habitats, which are critically important to us and to wildlife, are still vulnerable to human and natural processes.
This section of the exhibition celebrates the rich diversity of the island’s ponds, marshes and wetlands. The focus is on their more prominent bird, reptile and amphibian inhabitants, and includes several images that graphically depict predators securing prey.
Perch Pond (north of Island Pond)
Photograph by John Wilton
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Living Color: Heron Flight Over Mallards, Perch Pond
Photograph by Jane T. Ahrens
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Young Eastern Painted Turtle on lily pad, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove
Photograph by Terry McNamara
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Eastern Painted Turtles on log, Duck Pond
Photograph by Connor Jones
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Closeup of Eastern Painted Turtle
Photograph by John Wilton
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Common Snapping Turtle hatchling, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove
Photograph by Terry McNamara
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Fully-grown Common Snapping Turtle
Photograph by Justine Kibbe
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Emerald City Wood Ducks, Madeline Ave. Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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A Perfect 10 Least Tern diving for prey, South Beach Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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American Bullfrog
Photograph by Justine Kibbe
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Great Egrets, East Harbor cove
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Bullfrog in lily pads, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove
Photograph by Terry McNamara
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Black-crowned Night Heron stalking prey, Madeline Ave. Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Green Frog on lily pad, the Peninsula, Darby’s Cove
Photograph by Terry McNamara
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Fire! Great Blue Heron, 14th Hole pond, Fishers Island Club
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Black-crowned Night Heron with Bullfrog prey, Madeline Ave. Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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In the Cross Hairs Great Blue Heron stalking prey, Madeline Ave. Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Snagged Great Blue Heron secures targeted Bullfrog, Madeline Ave. Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Solo Mute Swan in flight, Island Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Three Mute Swans in flight, Island Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Female Mute Swan on nest, Mud Pond
Photograph by Terry McNamara
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Mute Swan mother carrying cygnet on her back
Photograph by Charlie Morgan
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Swans in winter South Beach Pond
Photograph by Marlen Bloethe
Annual exhibition sponsored by ALTUS Partners & CHUBB
