Dick's Island Preserve

Dick’s Island was donated by The John R.W. Disher Family Trust in 2002. Dick’s Island is a small island (1.42 ha; 3.5 acre) located in Passamaquoddy Bay, Charlotte County, close to the Caughey-Taylor nature preserve at Sam Orr’s Pond.

Dick’s Island provides nesting habitat for Black-backed gulls, Cormorants, almost two hundred pairs of Herring gulls, and well over a hundred pair of Eider ducks. It is also a popular feeding area for Bald eagles. Also interesting is the large number of Canada yew shrubs on the island, which normally inhabit rich forests. The island’s surface is approximately 10% rock outcrop, 45% dense woody shrubs (Raspberry, Canada yew, Red-berried elder) and 45% non-woody vegetation (Fireweed, Stinging nettle, Jewelweed). Also, White birch, Trembling aspen and White spruce occasionally rise above the dominant shrub and herbaceous plants. If you visit, please respect the island’s bird life, and restrict visits to summer or fall, to avoid nesting and fledgling season.