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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:22:43 -0400
Subject: FW: Poplar Island Sightings for 20 July 2012
To: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from July 20, 2012
This report is submitted on behalf of Jan Reese of Talbot County, who
continues to periodically survey the flora and fauna of the Paul Sarbanes
Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island.
The summary of bird observations that follows was taken by permission
from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and MD Port Administration, July
2012, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
Transient shorebirds increased three-fold the past two
weeks, despite the very limited shallow-water habitat at the project site.
The 10 species of transient shorebirds total about 1000 and are focused in
Cell 5 at the south end of the island.
Highlight species and numbers are: 3 species of rails, 26
Spotted Sandpiper and 40 Stilt Sandpiper. Both of these species of
sandpiper have been historically uncommon to very scarce among transients.
Most interesting is a Carolina Wren among dike slope switchgrass near the
north end of Cell 2 where I had one over a year ago. Poplar Island is an
unusual habitat for this residential habitat species.
- Jan Reese
Weather: Partly cloudy Early am, Partly Cloudy Hazy pm
Temp: 79-97 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Double-crested Cormorant (4034)
Great Blue Heron (19)
Great Egret (9)
Snowy Egret (75)
Cattle Egret (31)
Black-crowned Night Heron (8)
Glossy Ibis (4)
Canada Goose (24)
American Black Duck (8)
Mallard (898)
Surf Scoter (3)
Ruddy Duck (9)
Osprey (49)
Bald Eagle (6)
Clapper Rail (1)
Virginia Rail (1)
Common Moorhen (1)
Semipalmated Plover (2)
Killdeer (11)
Black-necked Stilt (18)
American Avocet (47)
Greater Yellowlegs (8)
Lesser Yellowlegs (40)
Willet (13)
Spotted Sandpiper (26)
Sanderling (2)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (740)
Least Sandpiper (89)
Stilt Sandpiper (40)
Short-billed Dowitcher (8)
Laughing Gull (329)
Ring-billed Gull (22)
Herring Gull (798)
Great Black-backed Gull (387)
Caspian Tern (14)
Common Tern (352)
Forster's Tern (9)
Least Tern (73)
Black Tern (5)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
American Crow (2)
Fish Crow (1)
Purple Martin (96)
Tree Swallow (17)
Bank Swallow (40)
Barn Swallow (49)
Carolina Wren (2)
European Starling (1)
Yellow Warbler (2)
Seaside Sparrow (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (561)
Common Grackle (1)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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