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The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2019
TNC's mission is to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends, in Rhode Island and around the world! We work with partners to protect RI's open spaces, restore its rivers and coastal waters, and connect people with nature. Current projects include farm and forest protection, reducing stormwater runoff, and improving fish habitat in Narragansett Bay.
Investing in Nature at Oakland Beach
The City of Warwick is investing in clean water and outdoor recreation at Oakland Beach, thanks in part to a municipal resilience grant from the RI Infrastructure Bank. TNC works with cities and towns across the state to help identify community vulnerabilities and prioritize nature-based solutions.
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Welcome to Moshassuck River Preserve
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TNC recently replaced the trailhead sign at the Moshassuck River Preserve in Lincoln. This short video points out some key features of the new sign, like a redesigned trail map, simple trail descriptions and inclusive illustrations by local graphic designer, Tim Tait.
Carolina Wren | Nature Near You
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Carolina Wrens, as the name suggests, are birds of the southeastern US whose range has expanded into New England in recent decades. Well adapted to living around people, they will even nest in an open garage, as seen in this short video.
Violets and More Discoveries | Nature Near You
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A patch of Marsh Blue Violets by a stream leads to more discoveries at the Beaver River Preserve in Richmond. Sometimes it's about the steps, other times is just about getting outside and enjoying nature.
Welcome to Goosewing Beach Preserve
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The signs at Goosewing Beach have a whole new look, with bold colors and large graphics well-suited for a beach preserve. The panels are part of any ongoing project to make TNC's Rhode Island preserve signage more inclusive and welcoming.
Day of Action: Schneider Electric at Whale Rock
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Twelve volunteers built 18 bog bridges at TNC's Whale Rock Preserve in Narragansett. Part of the company‘s annual Day of Action, the project protected sensitive wetlands and enhanced the trail experience for all visitors.
Yellow Birch | Nature Near You
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In northeastern US forests, yellow birches stand in contrast to the grey oaks, with their copper color and peeling, stringy bark. Important wildlife trees, they favor swampy areas and riverbanks, like where we found these birches growing at TNC's Beaver River Preserve.
Can Drones Detect Pine Beetles from the Air?
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Southern pine beetles can cause heavy damage to pine forests, and they are moving into the northern United States as global temperatures rise. Scientists at URI are working with TNC to test whether drone can detect an outbreak faster than traditional beetle traps.
Yellow Warbler Returns | Nature Near You
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The first bird of the 2024 Block Island bird banding season was well-known to Kim Gaffett: a Yellow Warbler returning for the sixth time! First banded by Kim in May 2019, it returns every year from as far away as Peru to nest somewhere around Clay Head at the north end of the island. Amazing!
Indigo Buntings | Nature Near You
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Indigo Buntings stop over on Block Island on their spring migration, but their breeding territories lie on the mainland or beyond, up to southeastern Canada. Here, OVF Naturalist Kim Gaffett shows the difference between males and females.
Garter Snake in Spring | Nature Near You
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Garter Snakes are one of the first sure signs of spring in Rhode Island, coming out of hiding to bask on the porch in the warm sun. They are among the most common snakes in North America, but one of only a few that give birth to live young (up to 40 at a time).
Dam Failure Leads to Habitat Restoration
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Winter storms washed out a small earthen dam in South County, opening up habitat restoration opportunities for wild brook trout in the Beaver River. TNC is working with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management and Rhode Island Natural History Survey to see how nature bounces back. Drone photography by Joe Morel/Rhode Island Image.
Volunteers: AAA Northeast at Carter Preserve
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Four volunteers from AAA Northeast worked together to install bluebird boxes in the restored grassland at TNC's Carter Preserve. AAA Northeast gives its employees 40 hours of volunteer time off each year, making them a terrific community partner.
Common Eider | Nature Near You
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Common Eiders are large sea ducks that spend the winter right along Rhode Island's coast, hunting for mussels and urchins. OVF Naturalist Kim Gaffett found a recently deceased Eider on Block Island, and took the opportunity to share this impressive bird with us.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Nature Near You
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Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Nature Near You
Drinking Water Protection | Nature Near You
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Drinking Water Protection | Nature Near You
New Trail at the Beaver River Preserve
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New Trail at the Beaver River Preserve
Quicksand Pond: Open to the Sea | Nature Near You
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Quicksand Pond: Open to the Sea | Nature Near You
Quicksand Pond: Ready to Breach | Nature Near You
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Quicksand Pond: Ready to Breach | Nature Near You
Walking Rhode Island with John Kostrzewa | Nature Near You
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Walking Rhode Island with John Kostrzewa | Nature Near You
Moshassuck River Preserve: Community Meeting 2
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Moshassuck River Preserve: Community Meeting 2
Providence River Blue Crabs | Nature Near You
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Providence River Blue Crabs | Nature Near You
Prairie Warbler | Loyal to Rhode Island
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Prairie Warbler | Loyal to Rhode Island
URI Woodcock Project | Improving Bird Habitat Through Science
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URI Woodcock Project | Improving Bird Habitat Through Science
Checking the Traps for Burying Beetles
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Checking the Traps for Burying Beetles
great project!!!
Thanks for watching!
Great job TNC and Save the Bay!
Thanks Jim! Looking forward to seeing it come online. Working with RIIB to tell more stories like this one. A lot of good work goes unreported, as you know.
Let the poor bird alone!
Tim -- just beautiful! .. the Carolina Wrens and your message. Thank You for being such a wonderful protector of our environment!
Thanks so much, Claud - you made my day! I'm lucky to be able to talk about things that I truly love. Hope everything is good with you. :)
This is wonderful! Love see the most beautiful bay in America being loved and cared for. What a magnificent place! Spent many years boating on the bay. There is truly no place like Narragansett Bay and surrounding waters. I miss it so.
Public investments in wastewater and stormwater treatment continue to pay off for Narragansett Bay! All thanks to a strong Clean Water Act and many partners. :)
Thank you for this delightful and informative video.
You're welcome - glad you enjoyed it!
Yep nested in our garage too!!
Funny! I left out the part where I walked in on them feeding the chicks, and one scolded me while perched on our lawn mower...
I love those wrens 🥰 I finally have a pair in my backyard. So cute with their little upturned tails 😊
Haha yes! They are all business lol
Nice job! Use to park by the river for lunch break back in the day Great signage too. Beautiful area. Not too much that I didn’t like about RI😢
Thanks! There's a lot of life in that river. Still finding occasional brook trout in our surveys.
You said it all…what an amazing little guy. So fragile and yet so robust❤️
Hopefully we'll see him again next year!
Was there any sediment removal or other site work done here? Was the channel reshaped with excavators or other heavy machinery?
Hi - No, the stream seems to have reverted to the pre-flood channel on its own. We haven't done any site work, just monitoring water temperature, plant diversity and fish populations.
@@tncrhodeisland That's great to have some data for dam removals without site work. There is a full sediment removal and channel reshape going on near me and it seems like a lot of waste time, money, and effort for little to no benefit. At least with low dams and lower order streams.
@@PawPawKitty We just shot a new video showing the vibrant wet meadow that came up from the pond bottom. Working on editing it now. This is a difficult site to access with machinery, so we're lucky to be able to let nature do what it wants while we stand back and watch what happens.
Thank you so much for posting these videos. I soo much miss RI and all of its wooded areas 🌱 My wife and I use to love walking in all of the nature trails etc. so beautiful. Especially during the changing seasons😊
You're welcome, we''ll continue to add new ones as they come out of editing. Glad you are enjoying them!
Great to see freshwater mollusks. Making a small come back here!
Wow keep us updated on this newly developed area. Very much interested in what happens here🌱🐿️🦝
It's completely green now - filled in with 80+ different wetland plants of all shapes and sizes. We were there recently to shoot a video update, so more is coming. Thanks for your interest!
I'd love to know what the sex ratio is down south. Any update on Summer 2024 Study?
No, but it's a good question. Will has gone back to school, but the coastal team will continue to sample and record data through the end of October. We'll try to get him to do an update after that.
I really like the new signage. Very colorful and I feel that it draws the eye to them👍. Great job🐈⬛🐈
Oh good! Thanks for that feedback. :)
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Nice to know that someone is keeping vigil.
Thanks. There's a lot coming at us, unfortunately.
Dovekie auk is very funny when it is call
I had a male YBSS in my care too.
Such beautiful, feisty birds!
We have nightjar in England and Europe, and look very similar
Great to hear from you! Yes, they are in the nightjar family, too. :)
@@tncrhodeisland yes I've been wanting to see one for so long
Beautiful!
thanks! Kim loves to share what she finds
I live on the west coast and have the red shafted ones. The females here do not have the red on the back of their heads.
Very cool!
I’ve been trying to identify a bird that was on my deck near Atlanta. This one is the closest in appearance, but this bird was bobbing up and down while it sat on the deck rail. Ant idea ?
Only a guess, but Eastern Phoebes pump their tails up and down and are more likely to be found around a house than a cuckoo.
I first found out about this type of bird when one of my past cats brought one in live. Thankfully nothing broken and we could release it.
Bad kitty! But a happy ending :)
@@tncrhodeisland 17 years ago. Our cats since 12 years ago as kittens are indoor only.
Sounds like an angry bird
Thank you
I only learned of the Praire Warbler recently, having identified it through its song via the Merlin app. It its a delightful song to hear, although I am rarely ever able to actually see the bird. Thank you for sharing this nice video.
Cool! They are such small birds. Like most warblers, they are easier to pick out when they first arrive and trees haven't leafed out yet. Love that song too.
One of my favorite birds! Thanks.
Awesome! A charismatic one, for sure.
How incredible (and cute)! We see so many birds without any idea of where they've traveled or what they've experienced, this is an incredible moment.
Yes! A little bird that weighs as much as two nickels migrating thousands of miles to this exact spot! And then again and again!
cool . just wondering how you caught it ? Do you trap them each year to monitor them ?
Yes, Kim sets up mist nets during spring and fall migration in the same locations every year. The data set goes back to the late 1960s.
@@tncrhodeisland cool . i believe shared data like this is important for so many reasons . so long as the birds aren't to stressed to the point of freaking out . thanks keep up the good work . What an amazing beautiful life that little being is ! gosh
@@BushKayakersCampingAustralia Thanks! The process is pretty quick and aimed at minimizing stress on the bird. Kim releases them as quickly as possible.
drones are outlawed....anything you present is has no value sorry...too little too late i give you a thumbs down....(thumbs down readers, viewers) as the government has decided to support a law entered by a woman who has a vested interest in other company drones. while the tech is a great idea and i support it, using drones to do this might allow users to have a view of beetles who are just doing their thing like other illegals, and we can't have that
I LOVE the weekly videos. Please keep them coming!
Thanks for the feedback! Will do!
We love seeing them during migration
You know it's really spring when the grosbeaks show up. :)
Such beautiful little birds! Boggles the mind how they can navigate these long distances to say nothing of their stamina. Nature is amazing to understate. We truly need to take better care of it. Thank you for this video
You're welcome! Read recently that these little birds migrate at night and use the stars to navigate. Somehow they can account for the stars' movement in the sky. Unreal!
So cool. I remember catching these little guys at my cousins house in Warwick when we were just little nearly seventy five years ago. My doesn’t time fly. Love the vids they bring back lots of memories.
Great memories! That early connection to nature makes all the difference. Will be uploaded a few more new ones here today.
They are so beautiful 🤩
Striking birds :)
What month did you do that in? So glad you guys are doing good for the crabs. 👍🙏
The field season runs from May to October, but we shot that video in August 2023. Will is coming back this summer to continue the investigation. Thanks for your comment!
I'm in north eastern British Columbia Canada and we have them here!Beautiful bird!❤
Wow - that's quite a big range!
I bet the ears are located in that spot to help them hear their, prey which is in the ground.
Where in Saratoga did you get 'Toga'? I live in that area. Thanks!
Fun!
It was a fun day :)
I just accidentally saw a momma and her 4 tiny chick!
That's a full brood!
I love auks
I'm crazy about that song! What is it called? It's perfect for this video!
According to Reddit, the original song is Mystery of Love by Mr. Fingers
What an Awesome Family God Bless you Always!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Oh my that was so heartbreaking to see that poor little guy deceased. I know that it is the cycle of life but still so sad. I can’t imagine however, a more beautiful place to to pass on. He is so magnificent
Really special ducks and we're lucky to have so many along the RI coast in winter. Sad to find, but Kim wanted to make the most of the opportunity
@@tncrhodeisland Let no precious little life go uncelebrated ❤️
I think he's just sleeping ;)
Very cool...i live near a place called Cuckoo valley in Canada where these birds apparently nest but have never seen one in person yet
Right, it looks like you're well within their breeding range. We're much more likely to hear one than see one. They're kind of secretive birds. Thanks for saying hi!
Poor little thing...I couldn't even listen. Just thought "Let it go!!!"
Fabulous! Thanks Kim!