Rocky Point Marsh Locals

Photographs by Frank De Sisto. You may see more of his beautiful work at frankdesisto.com.

Brant Goose

American Redstart

Horseshoe Crab

Monarch Butterfly

Common Merganser

Northern Mocking Bird

Great Egret

Willet

Rose

Black-throated Green Warbler

Life at the Marsh

    Photography by Francois Portmann.

Horseshoe crabs

Killifish

Spotted Sandpiper (?)

Willets

Brandt, Laughing Gulls, Herring Gulls 

Common Tern

Rocky Point Marsh at high tide

Photograph by Frank De Sisto.

High of 59 °F | Humidity (avg) 87% | Wind @ 6 mph (ESE) | High Tide 5.9 ft. @ 7:36 AM | Moon 98% visible.

Plover Exclosures

Tony, Moshe, Genie, Stewart, and Kim-Nora quickly build exclosures around plover nests.

High of 69 °F | Humidity (avg) 81% | Wind @ 6 mph (South) | High Tide 5.2 ft. @ 3:59 PM | Moon 93% visible.

EPA Awards Ceremony in downtown Manhattan

The Marsh Makers were honored with an Environmental Quality Award presented by the Environmental Protection Agency. The awards ceremony was held in the EPA offices in downtown Manhattan.

Left to right from the National Park Service at Gateway National Recreation Area: Doug Adamo, Chief, Natural Resource Division; Maria Burks, Commissioner, National Parks of New York Harbor; Tony Luscombe, Biological Technician, Natural Resource Management Division; Kim-Nora Moses, National Park Service volunteer.

Judith Enck, Regional Administrator

High Tides

The Marsh experienced a period of dryness during several high tides that failed to get past a small temporary dune along the bay side shoreline. This worked to the Marsh Makers' advantage, as we were able to clean an area that was always under water. Finally, in April the Marsh had resumed its natural flooding cycle.

26 April 2012

High of 60 °F | Humidity (avg) 80% | Wind @ 9 mph (ESE) | High Tide 4.3 ft. @ 12:05 PM | Moon 24% visible.

30 March 2012

High of 54 °F | Humidity (avg) 45% | Wind @ 11 mph (West) | High Tide 4.1 ft. @ 2:11 PM | Moon 49% visible.

23 March 2012

High of 77 °F | Humidity (avg) 65% | Wind @ 8 mph (ESE) | High Tide 5.4 ft. @ 9:06 AM | Moon 1% visible.

9 March 2012

High of 53 °F | Humidity (avg) 54% | Wind @ 18 mph (NW) | High Tide 6.0 ft. @ 8:05 AM | Moon 99% visible.

Professor Kathleen's CUNY students

Kathleen and her oceanography students helped with today's marsh cleanup. Also, Kim-Nora, Marty, Lisa, and Genie with her son (Danko) and daughter (Becky) kept the work going into the late afternoon.

High of 57 °F | Humidity (avg) 54% | Wind @ 14 mph (SW) | High Tide 5.6 ft. @ 10:45 AM | Moon 90% visible.