JIM COLLIGAN PHOTO A sunset at Shell Beach.
After the news story I wrote last week about the Deer and Tick Committee’s vote to reject the idea of burning on public lands to control ticks appeared, many responded remembering the good old days “when we burned and there did not seem to be as many ticks as there are now.”
JULIE LANE PHOTO
Tom Field shared ideas he and other baymen would like the Town Board to adopt to protect the Island’s surrounding waterways.
Bayman Tom Field has been meeting with his colleagues on a regular basis to discuss issues of importance and to bring them to the Town Board. (more…)
MARTIN BURKE PHOTO Daybreak Monday at Shell Beach.
Batten down the hatches, it’s going to be a windy Monday on Shelter Island, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). (more…)
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…)
DON BINDLER PHOTO
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.