Gravine Island

Gravine Island is a small, sparsely populated island in Baldwin County, Alabama. It is found in the Tensaw River about four miles (6.4 km) north of Interstate 10 and Mobile Bay.

Gravine Island

The island is a nesting site for various species of turtle found in and around the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta. The endangered Alabama red-bellied turtle also lays eggs on the island.[1] The island is mostly covered in brush and trees but has about 200 feet of sandy beach at the north end created by dredging spoil[2]

Biologists have spotted nesting bald eagles around the island as well as at other locations in the delta.[3]

References

Dute, Jeff (May 16, 2010). "Outdoors notebook: Even Gravine Island beach has oil boom". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
Key, Watt. "A Swamp Writer's Guide To The Delta". Mobile Bay Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
Raines, Ben (February 12, 2013). "Alabama's bald eagles are back from the brink, with more than 100 nesting pairs". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.

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[1] Dute, Jeff (May 16, 2010). "Outdoors notebook: Even Gravine Island beach has oil boom". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.

[2] Key, Watt. "A Swamp Writer's Guide To The Delta". Mobile Bay Magazine. Retrieved March 27, 2015.

[3] Raines, Ben (February 12, 2013). "Alabama's bald eagles are back from the brink, with more than 100 nesting pairs". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2015.