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Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge in Suffolk County, New York

Field	Value
name	Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge
iucn_category	IV
map	New York#USA
relief	1
map_width	300
photo	Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge, NY. Credit- USFWS (11824627326).jpg
photo_width	200
location	Suffolk County, New York, United States
nearest_city	Lloyd Harbor, New York
coordinates
coords_ref
area	80 acre
established	1967
governing_body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
website	Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

The Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge is located just east of the village of Lloyd Harbor, New York, on the north shore of Long Island, 25 mi east of New York City. It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

The 80 acre refuge is composed of mature oak-hickory forest, a 1/2 mi rocky beach, a brackish pond, and several vernal ponds. The land and waters support a variety of songbirds (particularly warblers during spring migration), mammals, shorebirds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. During the colder months, diving ducks are common offshore, while harbor seals occasionally use the beach and nearby rocks as resting sites. New York State and federally protected piping plover, least tern, and common tern depend on the refuge's rocky shore for foraging and rearing young.

The spring bloom at Target Rock is a reminder of its days as a garden estate, with flowering rhododendrons and mountain laurel.

The property was donated to the federal government by Ferdinand Eberstadt.

References

{{cite gnis. 2076455. Target Rock National Wildlife Refuge

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