Hope Island - Narragansett Bay, RI

Fauna (Animal Life)

The island is inhabited by the eastern cottontail rabbit and serves as one of the most significant nesting areas on the East Coast for wading birds. In addition to the egret and heron rookery, many black-backed and herring gulls nest on the rocks of Hope Island. During the winter, harbor seals occasionally use the exposed offshore rocks as haulout and resting sites. Soft-shelled clams, quahogs, American lobsters, striped bass, tautog, black-backed flounder and sea trout are abundant in the waters around Hope Island.

Present nesting colonial wading birds include great egrets, snowy egrets and black-crowned night herons. Other nesting birds include double-crested cromorants, Canada geese, herring gulls and black-backed gulls.

Hope Island

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