Greater Yellowlegs Hunting. The island is named for the wild beach plum shrubs that grow on its dunes, but is also famous for the purple sands at high tide, which get their color from small crystals of pink pyrope garnet. Plum island is a barrier island located off the northeast coast of massachusetts, north of cape ann, in the united states.it is approximately 11 miles (18 km) in length.

The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus scolopax.the genus name is latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders. The island is named for the wild beach plum shrubs that grow on its dunes, but is also famous for the purple sands at high tide, which get their color from small crystals of pink pyrope garnet.

According to the harleian miscellany, a group of them is called a fall. The english name was first recorded in about 1050. The woodcocks are a group of seven or eight very similar living species of wading birds in the genus scolopax.the genus name is latin for a snipe or woodcock, and until around 1800 was used to refer to a variety of waders.