SYBIL CREEK RESTORATION
Baseline Data and
Habitat Assessment
Prior to Restoration


COVER PAGE

FOREWORD & ACKNOWLEDGMENT

INTRODUCTION
Sybil Creek Baseline
Sampling Report

• Map of Study Site
• Marsh Restoration
• Historic Background
• Purpose & Goals
• Site Conditions

BASELINE SAMPLING RESULTS
• Transect Location Map
• Hydrology
• Nutrients
• Vegetation
• Surface Sediments
• Peat Bulk Densities
• Palynology
• Birds
• Mammals
• Amphibians & Reptiles
• Fish

LITERATURE CITED

PHOTOS
Photo Location Map



This study was funded by a grant to the Branford Land Trust by the Long Island Sound License Plate Fund.



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Mammals
Observations on mammals were conducted throughout the investigation. Signs included direct observation, scat, footprints, vocalization and burrows. No trapping was conducted. Two of the mammals including the vole and the Norway rat were delivered by a neighbor's cat.

Mammals
Coyote (Canis latrans)
Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus)
Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Eastern Mole (Scalopus aquaticus)
Eastern Woodrat (Neotoma floridana)
Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
House Cat (Felis domesticus)
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
Meadow Vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus)
Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)
Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Opossum (Didelphys virginiana)
Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)
White-Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus)
White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virgianus)
Woodchuck (Marmota monax)

 

   
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