Talk:Rat Island, New York

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I will visit this place by boat soon. I will take many nice 8 megapixel images.

I do not know why it has this name. No mammals can live there as there is no adequate shelter for the babies. There is not enough food there for any rodent to live on. Even worse, flooding at high tide during storms, floods this low land island and the island can disappear for a few hours under the waves. So, that is why no Rats or Mice or any other Mammal can live there. Most residents are birds who sleep there or perch there. I have never seen any birds nest there. Just birds bones. The island become heavily used in the late Spring and Summer. Most go there to fish off it's east side where they cast their lines to catch Striped Bass. The east side has a cliff like shape and is perfect for such casting. Others go there to Sunbathe or swim. The NY Parks dept. put a trash can because so many people littered. The place is strewn with garbage like much of Pelham Bay Park.

Supercool Dude (talk) 04:42, 29 February 2008 (UTC)