Yesterday’s rip currents flood by.
With cold temps causing refraction; neighboring islands and Plum Gut appear “right there”
* atop bunker, Race point.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 5, 2018
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A lone Black-bellied Plover
briskly forages along these winter grounds within Sanctuary of Sands today.
*juvenile plumage
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
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It’s sturdy sailing this morning
with these beautiful dabbling ducks.
Just north side of Big Stony, Hay Harbor;
I was very happy to document!
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
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Islands appeared just a hop, skip and jump away from beautiful Big Club beach, Fishers Island.
Very peaceful here this gray day.
*Block Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018
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Looks to be a juvenile keeping an eye on fish outside the “Tank”.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018
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Let Her Rip
From the Field, Video SnippetsYesterday’s rip currents flood by.
With cold temps causing refraction; neighboring islands and Plum Gut appear “right there”
* atop bunker, Race point.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 5, 2018
Plover Stop Over
From the Field, Video SnippetsA lone Black-bellied Plover
briskly forages along these winter grounds within Sanctuary of Sands today.
*juvenile plumage
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
Early Morning’s Coyote Trek
From the Field, Video Snippets*single tracking westward
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 4, 2018
Dabbling & Dipping Ducks
Field Notes, From the FieldWidgeon Class
From the Field, Video SnippetsIt’s sturdy sailing this morning
with these beautiful dabbling ducks.
Just north side of Big Stony, Hay Harbor;
I was very happy to document!
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
I Spy “Goldeneye”
From the Field, Video SnippetsBufflehead pair
Sea ducks bobbing in Hay Harbor
* a tad bumpy
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 3, 2018
Yesterday’s Sanderling Pair
From the Field, Video SnippetsBig Club beach:
These “large” Sandpipers scurry and probe foraging within wave tidal deposits.
* Thanks for helping me to narrow down this shore bird ID to Conservancy’s Adam Mitchell, Wildlife Biologist University of Deleware.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 1, 2018
Just Around the Block
From the Field, Video SnippetsIslands appeared just a hop, skip and jump away from beautiful Big Club beach, Fishers Island.
Very peaceful here this gray day.
*Block Island
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018
Hay Harbor’s Great Blue Heron
From the Field, Video SnippetsLooks to be a juvenile keeping an eye on fish outside the “Tank”.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018
Eastbound Commute
From the Field, Video Snippets“Red Right Returning”
*Scenic Byway
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, November 30, 2018