ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2021
SANDY BEACHES, COVES & ROCKY SHORES
Fishers Island’s shoreline is treasured for its relatively undeveloped natural state and its scenic diversity. This section takes a second look at our shoreline to discover the unseen and often unnoticed activities of its many inhabitants, those that are often beyond our limited visual range, hidden in plain sight, or invisible below the surface. Exposed by talented nature photographers, a far busier natural world than the casual observer might imagine comes into sharp focus.
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Chocomount Beach
Photograph by Cary Brown
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South Beach in winter
Photograph by Justine Kibbe
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Least Tern with chick by rock, Sanctuary of Sands
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Least Tern chick alone in sand, Sanctuary of Sands
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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The Artful Hunter Semipalmated Plover, Sanctuary of Sands
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Out from the Shadow Piping Plover chick, west end beach
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Laughing Gull looking for prey, South Beach
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Early Bird Spotted Sandpiper, Hawk’s Nest Point
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Egret Dashing Entrance to West Harbor
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Cormorants on rocks near Hungry Point
Photograph by Timothy J. Hallett
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Cormorants at sunset, Flat Hammock
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Black-bellied Plover, Sanctuary of Sands
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Gift from the Sea Ruddy Turnstone, Sanctuary of Sands
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Socially Distant Oystercatchers South Beach
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Duet South Beach Oystercatchers
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Sea Brigade Eider ducks entering water from beach north of Mud Pond
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Leader of the Pack Eiders following in march step
Photograph by Todd McCormack
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Periwinkles on piling above submerged Rockweed, Silver Eel Cove
Photograph by Timothy J. Hallett
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Long view of Lion’s Mane jellyfish above eelgrass bed, Hay Harbor Club swimming dock
Photograph by Connor Jones
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Close view of Lion’s Mane Jellyfish above eelgrass, Hay Harbor Club swimming dock
Photograph by Connor Jones
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Juvenile Green Turtle offshore near Grey Gulls 2008
Photograph by Tracy Brock
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Baby Jellies Swarm of young jellyfish, likely Lion’s Mane, off Isabella Beach
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Jellies Sandwiched Swarm of mature Lion’s Mane jellyfish
Photograph by Justine Kibbe
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Where the Wild Things Are Amidst the seaweed off Munnatawket Beach
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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A Blue Crab off Munnatawket Beach with seaweed growing on shell
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Blue Crab eating mussel lunch off Munnatawket Beach
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Periwinkle in the intertidal zone, Munnatawket Beach
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Forbes Sea Star in the intertidal zone, Munnatawket Beach, with brown algae called Dead Man’s Rope on right
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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An invasive Green Crab in a defensive posture near water’s edge, Munnatawket Beach
Photograph by Mary P. Murphy
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Hand holding Horseshoe Crab shell
Photograph by Jessie Doyle