Great Gull Island - Wikipedia
Great Gull Island is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) island separating the Long Island and Block Island sounds, located approximately 0.4 miles (0.6 km) southwest of Little Gull Island. Both islands are located in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, and lie roughly midway between Plum Island and Fishers Island.
Visiting the Museum's Great Gull Island - American Museum of …
2012年6月11日 · On the eastern edge of Long Island Sound, a small, rocky piece of land known as Great Gull Island houses the crumbling battlements of a U.S. Army fort and some 11,000 nesting pairs of Common and Roseate Terns.
Great Gull Island | Linnaean Society NYC | Bird Collective Profile
Great Gull Island in Long Island Sound, just 70 miles from New York City, is a wild place. Once a military site, it is now home to the world's largest nesting colony of Common Terns, and the largest colony of federally endangered Roseate Terns in the Western Hemisphere.
Great Gull Island - The Linnaean Society of New York
Great Gull Island Research Station, hailed as an environmental and conservation success story, is now home to the largest colony of nesting Common Terns in the world and the largest Roseate Tern colony in the Western Hemisphere.
Fort Michie, Great Gull Island – Henry L. Ferguson Museum
For almost all of the 19th century, Great Gull and neighboring Plum Island hosted thriving tern colonies. An 1896 study revealed 7,000 pairs of nesting terns on Great Gull. The U.S. Army took possession of Great Gull and began building coastal fortifications in 1897.
A Visit to Great Gull Island - Save the Sound
2012年8月6日 · Originally the site of an army fort, Great Gull Island is now home to the largest concentration of nesting Common Terns in the world, 9,500 pairs. Additionally, the island is a nesting site for 1,300 pairs of Roseate Terns, the largest concentration of this endangered species in the Western Hemisphere.
Great Gull Island - East Long Island
Great Gull Island is located at the tip of the northern fork of Long Island, along with Little Gull Island. From there, an underwater shelf continues to Fisher Island and the mainland.
Great Gull Island - Wikiwand
Great Gull Island is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) island separating the Long Island and Block Island sounds, located approximately 0.4 miles (0.6 km) southwest of Little Gull Island. Both islands are located in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, and lie roughly midway between Plum Island and Fishers Island.
Plum and Gull Islands - Long Island Sound Study
This Stewardship Area includes three islands in eastern Long Island Sound: Plum Island, Great Gull Island, and Little Gull Island. These islands serve as extremely important habitat areas for common tern, roseate tern, least tern, and piping plover populations.
Great Gull Island: A Haven for Seabirds in New York
Great Gull Island is a small, uninhabited island located off the eastern end of Long Island, New York. It has become known as a vital nesting site for several species of seabirds, including the rare and endangered roseate tern.