This Common Dolphin (note yellow/grayish hourglass on side) was discovered northside up east. I want to thank Jr Edwards for photo documenting and remind our Community to call Mystic Aquarium 860-572-5955 EXT 107. As part of North Atlantic Region Stranding Network; our Island’s first responders will be contacted either to assist in a live stranding or document a marine mammal fatality. This includes whales, dolphins, seals and sea turtles.
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe January 2, 2019.
Heading out into the Field :
Waning crescent moon hangs low over South beach; just out of the reach of Venus.
Earth is at perihelion tomorrow- its closest to the Sun for this Happy New year …
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe January 2, 2019.
*Island gifts
– from The Field by Justine Kibbe December 17, 2018.
Rode up east for a quick count:
Harbor seals hunker on clump off Hungry Point.
*Snow flurries as I headed west.
– From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, December 13, 2018
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.
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
