Nature & Science
At its annual meeting last month, the Edey Foundation awarded $82,250 in grants for 2008 to organizations working for conservation on the Vineyard.
Butterfly Garden
The best time to catch fish during tomorrow morning’s trout tournament is early, at its beginning.
The 34th annual Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club’s trout tournament is free for youngsters 14 years of age and younger. As many as 200 youngsters are expected to show up to the shores of Duarte’s Pond, off Lambert’s Cove in West Tisbury.
The tournament starts early, before sunrise, and concludes at 10 a.m.
Two baby owls, only a few days old, believed to be the only owls ever born in captivity on the Island, are doing well on the counter top of Gus Ben David’s kitchen in Edgartown.
The little fuzzy creatures, not much heavier than a pile of feathers, are eating well and gaining weight.
For now, they are living in an eight-inch square box slightly bigger than a shoe box. The box sits on a heating pad set between 84 and 87 degrees.
Joe, Elizabeth, Ingrid and Ian Jims, along with their dogs Brillo and Brawney, were walking on the land bank property at Farm Pond in Oak Bluffs when they spotted a weird purple bird.
Birdathon Will Benefit
Felix Neck Sanctuary
The Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary is seeking birders and sponsors to participate in Massachusetts Audubon’s 25th year of birding competition.
Birders and donors raise money for Felix Neck Wildlife sanctuary and our programs by getting pledges per number of bird species seen or making a donation to the Felix Neck team.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.