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Hog Island Wildlife Management Area is a 3,908-acre (15.82 km 2) Wildlife Management Area along the lower James River in Virginia. The peninsular tip was named "Hog Island" in 1608 by Jamestown settlers who released three hogs in the area, who became feral and multiplied. In colonial times Lawnes Creek (which runs among the three separate ...
The osprey ( / ˈɒspri, - preɪ /; [2] Pandion haliaetus ), historically known as sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor, reaching more than 60 cm (24 in) in length and 180 cm (71 in) across the wings. It is brown on the upperparts and predominantly greyish on ...
Breed characteristics. The Hog Island sheep is a feral breed, descended from sheep abandoned on Hog Island in the 1930s and 1940s. [1] It is believed that the breed was descended from the Merino breed, among others, possibly the Improved Leicester or other English breeds. [2] [4] The sheep is relatively small but tough and hardy.
Hog Island is an island spanning 330 acres (130 ha) located in Muscongus Bay in Bremen, Maine, United States at the end of Keene Neck Road.It is a part of the Todd Wildlife Sanctuary, which includes an additional 30 acres (12 ha) on the mainland across from the island, as well as the current home to the Audubon Camp in Maine operated by the Seabird Restoration Program (Project Puffin) of the ...
Hog Island (Oregon) / 45.40111°N 122.64306°W / 45.40111; -122.64306. Hog Island, also known as Oak Island, [1] is an island in the Willamette River in Clackamas County, Oregon. [2] It is located within the boundaries of the census-designated place of Oak Grove . Hog Island is owned by Clackamas County and maintained by a nonprofit ...
Hog Island (Michigan) / 45.79167°N 85.36611°W / 45.79167; -85.36611. Hog Island, an uninhabited 2,075-acre (8 km 2) island in Lake Michigan, is the fourth largest island in the Beaver Island archipelago. It is owned by the U.S. state of Michigan as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Research Area and is administered by the ...
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Hogg Island, (sometimes referred to as Hog Island) [2] is the largest of the hundreds of islands in the Essequibo River in Guyana, it is located just 5 km from the river's mouth in its estuary into the Atlantic Ocean . With a total area of 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) this island is larger than many Caribbean islands.