Hundreds of Tree Swallows migrate thru south side, Fishers Island, hunkering within low trees this blustery morning.
From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
Hundreds of Tree Swallows migrate thru south side, Fishers Island, hunkering within low trees this blustery morning.
From the Field, Video Snippet, Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
The whole “family Tree”: Swallows by the hundreds migrate thru Southwest tip of Fishers Island-here preparing for Lift off!
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 18, 2018
This Evening-
Preen for a Day:
Black-crowned Night Heron shares its world
For just a moment…
*Silver Eel Cove
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 14, 2018
Silver-spotted Skipper busily pollinates within wild flowers along Driving Range, accompanied by Cricket’s choir up east on Fishers Island.
Bring.Back.Butterflies.
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 13, 2018
Always happy to learn more about insects and bugs on Fishers Island.
Adam Mitchell, PhD:
“This butterfly* is a silver-spotted skipper, a native that feeds on legume plants during its caterpillar stage.”
Bring.Butterflies.Back.
*Driving Range up east
From the Field, Field Note by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 13, 2018
Young Osprey in West Harbor:
This nest is slow to vacate, while most Osprey
have fledged, hopefully returning to the Island next March.
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 12, 2018
Thousands of tiny plastic particles are swirled and swept into Silver eel Cove, Fishers Island this stormy September day. Sadly, these observations of incoming debris are noted more often these years between Long Island and Fishers Island Sounds, plaguing foraging grounds and critical habitat.
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 10, 2018
“What’s for Munch?”
Monarch caterpillars feeding within planted Milkweed here on Fishers Island.
Bring. Butterflies. Back.
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 8, 2018
Today, serenity was the view from Hay Harbor club golf course, Fishers Island. Race Point and South beach are surrounded by lush Eelgrass, providing critical habitat for fish species within Long Island Sound.
But fewer than 400 acres of this precious seagrass meadow remain, most of it within Fishers Island waters…
From the Field, Video Snippet by Justine Kibbe, Sept. 5, 2018