In spring 2020, amidst the onset of the global pandemic, the Block Island Conservancy began sending members and friends a daily nature email. Take a look back at these glimpses of what was happening in nature on Block Island — enjoy!
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March 19, 2020 – Rodman’s Hollow and the American Woodcock
March 20, 2020 – Down by the Seashore
March 21, 2020 – The Dawn Chorus
March 23, 2020 – A Walk at Nathan Mott Park
March 24, 2020 – A Couple Returning Shorebirds
March 25, 2020 – Vernal Pools
March 26, 2020 – A Walk at the Hodge Family Wildlife Refuge
March 27, 2020 – The Block Island Meadow Vole
March 28, 2020 – Views from Clay Head
March 30, 2020 – A Walk at Bonnell Beach
March 31, 2020 – Early Spring Migrants
April 1, 2020 – Block Island’s Red Cedars
April 2, 2020 – Seals of Block Island
April 3, 2020 – The Formation of Block Island
April 4, 2020 – Views from Second Bluffs
April 6, 2020 – A Walk at Lewis Dickens Farm
April 7, 2020 – Block Island’s Dunes
April 8, 2020 – Spring Buds Beginning to Pop!
April 9, 2020 – Block Island’s Turtles
April 10, 2020 – A Hike Through Fresh Pond Preserve
April 13, 2020 – A Stormy Day
April 14, 2020 – Block Island’s Woodpeckers
April 15, 2020 – The Muskrat
April 16, 2020 – A Hike on Fresh Swamp Trail
April 17, 2020 – Uncommon Block Island Visitors
April 18, 2020 – Tree Lined Country Roads
April 20, 2020 – Bivalve Mollusks
April 21, 2020 – The Return of the Towhees
April 22, 2020 – Happy Earth Day!
April 23, 2020 – Stonewalls
April 24, 2020 – The North Atlantic Right Whale
April 27, 2020 – Backyard Birds
April 28, 2020 – Rhode Island’s State Flower
April 29, 2020 – Nature in Dorrie’s Backyard (and some other recent reader submissions!)
April 30, 2020 – The Mallard
May 1, 2020 – Highbush Blueberry
May 4, 2020 – Glossy Ibises Visit Block Island
May 5, 2020 – The Shad is Blooming
May 6, 2020 – The Striped Bass
May 7, 2020 – Strawberry Flowers
May 8, 2020 – Tree Snags: An Eyesore or Habitat?
May 11, 2020 – A Walk on the Beach Avenue Trail
May 12, 2020 – It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s a Sandhill Crane!
May 13, 2020 – Ferns, Block Island’s Living Fossils
May 14, 2020 – Fruit Tree Blossoms
May 18, 2020 – Horseshoe Crabs
May 19, 2020 – Spectacular Spring Plumage
May 20, 2020 – Northern Blue Flag Iris
May 21, 2020 – Moths on Block Island
May 22, 2020 – Reader Submissions!
May 25, 2020 – Happy Memorial Day!
May 26, 2020 – The Common Tern
May 27, 2020 – Snakes on Block Island
May 28, 2020 – Common Milkweed
June 4, 2020 – Spring Peepers
June 9, 2020 – Crab Spiders
June 11, 2020 – Water Lilies
June 16, 2020 – A Hike on Clay Head Trail
June 18, 2020 – Which White Flower is That?
June 23, 2020 – What’s The Orange Stuff Growing on That Plant?
June 25, 2020 – Summer 2020 Free Compost Drop-Off
June 30, 2020 – Atlantic Torpedo Ray
July 2, 2020 – American Burying Beetle
July 7, 2020 – Summer Roadside Plants
July 9, 2020 – The Great White Shark
July 14, 2020 – Block Island’s Butterflies
July 16, 2020 – Block Island’s Smallest Preserves
July 21, 2020 – American Goldfinch
July 28, 2020 – Fiddler Crabs
July 30, 2020 – Buttonbush is in Bloom!
August 4, 2020 – Dragonflies
August 6, 2020 – The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
August 11, 2020 – Cattails
August 13, 2020 – Berries for the Birds
August 18, 2020 – Bats of Block Island
August 20, 2020 – The Monarch Butterfly
August 25, 2020 – Thank You!
January 7, 2021 – A Meadow in the Winter
January 12, 2021 – Great Blue Herons in the Winter
January 14, 2021 – A Walk to Sandy Point
January 19, 2021 – Martin Luther King Day
January 21, 2021 – January Winterberry
January 26, 2021 – The Yellow-Rumped Warbler
January 28, 2021 – Snowfall on Block Island
February 2, 2021 – Sea Smoke
February 4, 2021 – Snowy Owls
February 9, 2021 – The Atlantic Purple Sea Urchin
February 11, 2021 – Valentine’s Day in Nature
February 16, 2021 – February Fog
February 18, 2021 – Was that a Sharpie or a Cooper’s?
February 22, 2021 – Mischievous Miscanthus, A Story of Chinese Silvergrass on Block Island
February 25, 2021 – Loons of Block Island
March 2, 2021 – Seed Heads & Seed Pods
March 9, 2021 – The Return of the Red-Winged Blackbirds
March 16, 2021 – Winter Flounder
April 13, 2021 – Signs of Spring Around the Island
April 15, 2021 – A Walk Through Win Dodge Preserve
April 20, 2021 – The Black-Capped Chickadee
April 22, 2021 – Try Composting This Earth Day!
