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The island is half a mile wide & a few miles long, flat & covered with heavy native timber - See note book for list of trees.
Lots of gray, black & fox squirrels live on the island & seemingly on good terms.  I counted 7 fox squirrels, 7 black & 6 gray squirrels.  The fox squirrels were all light gray above & light yellow below. 
See note book for list of birds on the island.  Great numbers of old oriole nests hang from the tip of drooping elm branches.  From one place I could see a dozen nests.
A cold wind blows over the island from a wide river full of anchor ice. The wind is in the west & the city is less chilly.   [[strikethrough]] Wen [[/strikethrough]] Has mostly the same native trees, however.  See list in note book.