– Video Snippet by FIConservancy Naturalist Justine Kibbe, February 15, 2018
Alongside Elizabeth Field Airport Fishers Island, sitting on a sandy sanctuary, a banded American Oyster Catcher visits me- with a tiny Killdeer just passing by!
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 25, 2017
Balanced atop a wobbly ladder, I am awe inspired with the truly delicate world of these two nestled Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 25, 2017.
A juvenile Little Blue Heron still wearing white plumage dances a bit during lunch: “leaping frog’s legs” in Madeline Pond, Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 25, 2017.
American Redstart, New World warbler enjoys cooling off in My Neck of the Woods on Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 22, 2017.
Grounded juvenile Osprey with injured wing watched over near Dock Beach. Fishers Island community lent a hand this past August weekend- getting the bird across the Sound, where rehabilitators from Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, Mystic will assess and keep us posted.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 22, 2017.
Tree swallows soar above a field of Queen Anne’ Lace (Wild carrot) near South beach on Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 17, 2017
It’s early May off Hungry Point, Fishers Island. Male Eider ducks appearing “handsome” for their mates, while bell buoy lulls Harbor seals to sleep.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 17, 2017.
Young Ruddy Turnstones rest on rocks off South beach where tidal wrack lines support healthy habitat here on Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 17, 2017.
Along the dune grasses south side of Elizabeth Field airport, a rarely sighted Spotted Sandpiper perches above its nesting grounds this quiet summer eve on Fishers Island.
– A Snippet from The Field by Justine Kibbe August 17, 2017.