#Old Bay Reserve - Delmarva Peninsula

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DISCLAIMER: I’m Not Saying This Should Be The Next Map Or A Map In The Near Future. There Are Many Other Places That Need Maps More. This Could Work As A Unique Location For A Late Game Map.

Welcome To The Delmarva Peninsula! The Salt Marshes And Coastal Wetlands Here Offer Some Of The Best Hunting In The Eastern US! The Habitats Include:
Salt Marshes
Tidal Grassland
Mixed Forest
Farmland
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The Species List Includes:

Returning Species:
Eastern Cottontail (Found Map Wide)
Eastern Wild Turkey (Found Map Wide)
Common Raccoon (Found Map Wide)
Gray Fox (Found Map Wide)
Sika Deer (Found In Salt Marshes)
Whitetail Deer (Found Map Wide)
Black Bear (Found Everywhere But Farms)

New Species - Map Wide:
American Black Duck (Class 1)
Wood Duck (Class 1)
Northern Pintail (Class 1)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Class 1)
Virginia Opossum (Class 1)
Striped Skunk (Class 2)

New Species - Salt Marshes:
American Coot (Class 1)
American Mink (Class 1)
Nutria (Class 1)
North American River Otter (Class 2)
North American Beaver (Class 2)

New Species - Tidal Grasslands:
Black Scoter (Class 1)
Common Eider (Class 1)
Oldsquaw (Class 1)
Surf Scoter (Class 1)
White-Winged Scoter (Class 1)

New Species - Mixed Forest:
Fisher (Class 2)
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lethal viper
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This is actually a really neat map idea, I love the idea of having Sika Deer and Whitetail Deer on the same map. A lot of the new species you brought up are really cool animals too, and I would personally love to see a map like this or any map based on that mid Atlantic region.

The only objections I have to the new species you've included in the idea are the Fisher and the Fulvous Whistling Duck. Based on the information I've been able to find, the Fisher isn't found on the Delmarva Peninsula. It seems that their nearest populations are in New England, northern New York, and a small isolated population in West Virginia. The Fulvous Whistling Duck also doesn't fit in this map idea, because they don't range that far north. Their nearest population to the Delmarva Peninsula seems to be all the way down in southern Florida. That's pretty far away!

However, other than those two (probably accidental) inclusions, I actually really like this idea as a sort of mix between Mississippi Acres and New England Mountains, it's actually a really cool concept. Although I doubt that the rest of the community would be as warm toward this map as I am, personally I'd love this.

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lethal viper
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This range map for the Fulvous Whistling Duck does show that vagrants can be found throughout the U.S., but the nearest actual breeding or permanent populations of the species are found in Southern Florida and the Gulf Coast. Technically it would be possible to encounter one or two of them in the Delmarva Peninsula, but they definitely would stick out on a reserve based there. I think this species would make much more sense on something like a Floridian reserve.

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I Just Found This Saying They’re Found Throughout Western Maryland, But I Would Agree It’s A Bit Of A Stretch To Put Them On A Map Set In Delmarva. The Fulvous Whistling Duck Could Be Replaced By The Black-Bellied Whistling Duck, Although Most Range Maps I’ve Looked At Seem To Show Their Range Ending In Southern Virginia Or Northern North Carolina.

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fickle sequoia
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Instead of a Whistling Duck you could add a species like Redhead, Canvasback or some kind of Merganser

grave comet
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Would be interesting!

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