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Category Archives: Nantucket Wildlife
Family Stay-cation Scavenger Hunt is a Success!
For February break Nantucket Conservation Foundation put together a fun family scavenger hunt for those who didn’t travel for vacation. We are happy to say this was extremely successful having almost 100 kids sign up! This free scavenger hunt was … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife, Native Plants, Winter
Tagged education outreach, family scavenger hunt, winter event
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Nantucket’s Little Winter Warriors
It’s a well-known fact that most birds fly south for the winter. But what about our feathered friends that tough it out throughout the winter, how do they survive? Our backyard songbirds such as the Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) or … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife, Winter
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Will It Be A Snowy Winter?
Our favorite winter residents are back, the Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus)! The first sighting for Nantucket was at Smith’s Point this week. If you consider yourself a birder, or just an admirer, it is always thrilling to see these stunning … Continue reading
Eastern Box Turtle Update
A few weeks ago, we reported on a male box turtle that was found on Nantucket. We wanted to give a little history on this turtle as well as an update on his current whereabouts. In June of 2009, the … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife
Tagged Eastern box turtle, Fall, field work, hibernation, Nantucket, Wildlife
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Showy Insects and Spiders of Autumn
*Note: this article was originally written in September 2017 and printed in the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror in the November 30, 2017 issue Fall is finally here. The air is cooling down and drying out, the tupelo trees are turning … Continue reading
Nantucket’s Special “Some Bunny”
Nantucket’s fauna is very unique – maybe more so for what is not here than for what we have. Numerous species that are common elsewhere in New England are missing from our assemblage of terrestrial wildlife, including chipmunks, possums, raccoons, … Continue reading
Shorebirds- Migration in Motion
by Elizabeth C. Buck It may seem like August has just arrived, and there is still plenty of summertime to be enjoyed by all, but our shorebirds are already thinking about fall migration. Nantucket is home to many nesting shorebirds … Continue reading
Northern Long-eared Bat Alive, Well and Hibernating on Nantucket!
*Please note, this blog post was originally published in The Inquirer and Mirror on December 1st, 2016 in the article series called Island Ecology. The Foundation’s Science staff will be regularly contributing to our local newspaper and reprinting articles here … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife
Tagged hibernation, nano-tags, Nantucket, Northern long-eared bat, White nose syndrome
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Northern long-eared bats call Nantucket home!
The Nantucket Biodiversity Initiative (NBI) is a collaboration of scientists from local conservation organizations, government agencies, and educational institutions. One of our main goals is to support and facilitate biodiversity research on Nantucket, Tuckernuck and Muskeget Islands and surrounding waters … Continue reading
Osprey Nesting at Eel Point
by: Libby Buck, NCF Shorebird Monitor For the past three seasons, there has been resident pair of Ospreys nesting on the ground at Eel Point. This is a very rare occurrence, since Ospreys typically nest off the ground in an … Continue reading
Posted in Nantucket Wildlife, Shorebirds
Tagged Nantucket, nest building, osprey, Osprey pole, Osprey video
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