Bundle up and head out to Big Club Golf Course!
This should be a good year for the Geminids. There’s not too much light from the Moon during the evening, and then the Moon sets around 10 or 11 p.m., leaving the sky dark for the peak hours until dawn.*
*skyandtelescope.com
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe December 13, 2018.
From House sparrow to Pheasant, birds of a feather maintain their plumage.
*Public bath, east end, Fishers Island.
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe December 12, 2018.
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On days like this, East Harbor is perhaps fairest of them all.
Hungry Point’s rock “clumps” are typically the Harbor seals
favorite haul-out.
*so still you can just barely hear the bell bouy….
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 11, 2018
Happy to see last weeks lone
Black-bellied plover now has a traveling companion…
*foraging within Sanctuary of Sands, southwestern tip, Fishers Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 10, 2018
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Just back from checking for any whale spout activity off Isabella; It’s calm enough.
I did see 6-8 brilliant bluebirds flit around me as I rode the path thru the Pickett Landfill-magical!
You can believe your eyes…
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 7, 2018
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Member of the Parade Ground “gang”
Between their warming up on the Elizabeth Field runway and eyeing freight off load the Munnatawket;
South beach tidal pools are their forage mainstay.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Meeting Meteors Tonight
Field Notes, From the FieldBundle up and head out to Big Club Golf Course!
This should be a good year for the Geminids. There’s not too much light from the Moon during the evening, and then the Moon sets around 10 or 11 p.m., leaving the sky dark for the peak hours until dawn.*
*skyandtelescope.com
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe December 13, 2018.
Kick up the dust
Field Notes, From the FieldFrom House sparrow to Pheasant, birds of a feather maintain their plumage.
*Public bath, east end, Fishers Island.
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe December 12, 2018.
Mirror, Mirror
From the Field, Video SnippetsOn days like this, East Harbor is perhaps fairest of them all.
Hungry Point’s rock “clumps” are typically the Harbor seals
favorite haul-out.
*so still you can just barely hear the bell bouy….
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 11, 2018
And then there were two
From the Field, Video SnippetsHappy to see last weeks lone
Black-bellied plover now has a traveling companion…
*foraging within Sanctuary of Sands, southwestern tip, Fishers Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 10, 2018
Expectancy
Field Notes, From the FieldEastern Bluebirds Stay West
Field Notes, From the FieldBlue Sea, Blue Sky, Bluebirds
From the Field, Video SnippetsJust back from checking for any whale spout activity off Isabella; It’s calm enough.
I did see 6-8 brilliant bluebirds flit around me as I rode the path thru the Pickett Landfill-magical!
You can believe your eyes…
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 7, 2018
“Oh Canada!”
From the Field, Video SnippetsCanada Geese Flotilla within Hay Harbor. “Oh Henry Ferguson Museum!” Gratitude for stewarding unique Big Stony habitat-all year round*.
*Loving our “Native land”….
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Fish Crow
From the Field, Video Snippets
Member of the Parade Ground “gang”
Between their warming up on the Elizabeth Field runway and eyeing freight off load the Munnatawket;
South beach tidal pools are their forage mainstay.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 6, 2018
Fish Crow Hieroglyphics
Field Notes, From the Field