Park naturalist's reports : 1932-1935

Stupka A. 1935. Park naturalist's reports : 1932-1935

FIELD WORK: 1934 and 1935. BIRDS: Long Porcupine Island supports a large heronry (Great Blue and Black-crowned Night Herons). Reports the results of a January bird census for Mount Desert Island - listing species and approximate numbers. 1100 Black Ducks were counted from the Porcupine Islands. Also gives lighthouse bird kills along the coast. MAMMALS - DEER: Estimates 200 deer on Mount Desert Island, approximately 50 in the Park, and approximately 75 beaver, 10 in the Park. Notes population fluctuations for a number of mammals; that Red and Brown bats were collected from Mount Desert Island; and that Schoodic has large numbers of varying hares and red squirrels. FISH: A Nurse shark was captured off Cranberry Island /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/SCHOODIC PENINSULA/ISLANDS/Great Cranberry Island/Little Cranberry Island/Long Porcupine Island GIS : Birds: Contains nesting localities

Type
Unpublished Report
Authors
Stupka, Arthur
Date of Issue
1935
Units
ACAD
Keywords
Bats (Chiroptera), Beaver (Castor canadensis), Beaver (Castoridae), Birds (Aves), Checklist, Deer (Cervidae), Great Cranberry Island, Herons & Bitterns (Ardeidae), Inventory (Baseline), Islands, Little Cranberry Island, Long Porcupine Island, Mammals, Marine Fish, Mount Desert Island, Population Density, Rare Species, Schoodic Peninsula, Squirrels (Sciuridae), Water Birds, White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

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