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Many songbirds "overfly" the mainland and stopover on Block Island before continuing their migration. Hundreds of " birders " visit the refuge each fall to watch migration. The refuge also provides habitat for the endangered American burying beetle , supporting the only population of this species known east of the Mississippi River .
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The Chafee NWR and adjacent lands along the Narrow River (the Pettaquamscutt River), which form the Pettaquamscutt Cove, are a designated Important Bird Area (IBA). The Audubon Society reports that the majority of the Pettaquamscutt Cove IBA is under private ownership or in open water, with smaller portions being part of the Chafee NWR (18.7%), under the ownership of conservation organizations ...
As such, Block Island has a frost free season longer than locations inland. Block Island averages 2300 hrs of sunshine annually (higher than the USA average). Block Island's record high temperature is 95 °F (35 °C) on August 26 and 27, 1948 and the record low is −11 °F (−24 °C) on January 16, 1994.
Sandy Point Island (more commonly referred to as Sandy Point) is a 35-acre (14 ha) island in Little Narragansett Bay, lying mostly in Westerly, Rhode Island and partly in Stonington, Connecticut. Once an extension of Napatree Point , Sandy Point is now a one-mile-long (1.6 km) island that serves as an important nature preserve and recreation site.
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge is a 140,000-acre (57,000 ha) U.S. National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) on the Atlantic coast of Florida's largest barrier island. NASA 's Kennedy Space Center and visitor complex are also situated on the island and NASA can restrict access to the refuge based on its operational needs.
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve: New York City: Richmond: 265 acres (107 ha) 1977 [74] 25,343: Managed as a nature preserve to protect wetlands, ponds, sand barrens, spring-fed streams, and forest on Staten Island. Includes a bird conservation area. [10] [75] Cold Spring Harbor State Park: Long Island: Suffolk: 50 acres (20 ha) 2000 [76 ...
Thomas Cole National Historic Site (affiliated area) New York: 3.40 acres (0.0138 km 2) Thomas Stone National Historic Site: Maryland: 328.25 acres (1.3284 km 2) Touro Synagogue National Historic Site (affiliated area) Rhode Island: 0.23 acres (0.00093 km 2) Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site: Alabama: 89.68 acres (0.3629 km 2)