Huckleberry Island
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| Location | New Rochelle, New York Long Island Sound |
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Huckleberry Island (or Whortleberry Island) is an island located in Long Island Sound and part of New Rochelle, New York. It lies approximately three-fourths of one mile east of Davids' Island. The 10 acre island consists of rocky shoreline and mostly deciduous forest with virtually no shrubs or herbaceous growth under the canopy.
Huckleberry Island provides an undisturbed upland environment for wildlife that is rare in coastal portions of the New York City metropolitan area. The primary significance of the island is its use for nesting by large numbers of colonial waterbirds such as egrets and night herons.[1]
References
- ^ AN EFFORT TO PROTECT SHORELINE HABITATS FOR WILDLIFE, Suzzanne Dechillo, New York Times, August 23, 1987