JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO Off Shell Beach Monday.
The animal seen above, hitching a ride on an ice flow while sunbathing, is a harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), the most common marine mammal in our area, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (more…)
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This rare — for Shelter Island — peregrine falcon was spotted last week at Shell Beach. Known as a “duck hawk,” the falcon has no shortage of preferred prey this time of year.
MARTIN BURKE PHOTO First light Monday at Shell Beach.
Monday morning will be bright and cold, with the day becoming increasingly cloudy, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). (more…)
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This beautiful red-tailed hawk was spotted on Shell Beach last week. (more…)
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Codger loves Thanksgiving, his favorite holiday, a festival of food, fun, family and friends.
Two years ago at this time, in this very place, he went on record about how the restorative powers of this jolly time would go far to counteract the “dread and despair” that a recent election had left in its results. He even quoted the Original Codger, his dad, who frequently said, as good times rolled or crisis loomed through his 100 years on Earth, that “nothing is ever as good or bad as your imagination can make it.” (more…)
