Hello All,
19 of us visited Poplar Island today on a field trip organized by Kevin
Graff and the Baltimore Bird Club. We got a little late start because of
the rain this morning but had perfect weather on the island. Some of the
highlights were:
Least Bittern (only seen by a few),
Cattle Egrets - a great comparison of black billed juveniles, older yellow
billed juveniles, and adults.
Virginia Rails - amazing great looks.
Black-necked Stilts - including recently fledged juveniles.
American Avocets - 78
MARBLED GODWIT
White-rumped Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper - 35
WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 7
BLACK TERN - 15
Seaside Sparrow
The complete list is below:
Poplar Island, Talbot, US-MD
Aug 10, 2012 9:50 AM - 1:05 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
Comments: Prepared by Joe Hanfman with numbers assistance from many of
the participants.
54 species
Canada Goose 35
American Black Duck 1
Mallard 250 Estimate based on the average counts of 3 of us.
Blue-winged Teal 11 Exact count
Northern Shoveler 6
Green-winged Teal (American) 1
Surf Scoter 5 Exact count
Ruddy Duck 6 Exact count
Double-crested Cormorant 1755 Estimate based on the average counts of
3 of us.
Least Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 17
Great Egret 11
Snowy Egret 22
Cattle Egret 40
Black-crowned Night-Heron 3
Glossy Ibis 2 Dark ibis scoped to make sure it wasn't a WFIB.
Continuing
Osprey 26 Best count but they do fly around.
Bald Eagle 3
Virginia Rail 4
Black-bellied Plover 3
Semipalmated Plover 12
Killdeer 22
Black-necked Stilt 27 Expected including the cutiest juvenile birds.
Large wader, black above, white below, many with pink legs.
American Avocet 78 Exact count. 68 in one flock.
Spotted Sandpiper 14
Greater Yellowlegs 5
Willet (Eastern) 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 207 One flock of over 100. Combination count of 4
people.
Marbled Godwit 1 Large godwit with two-toned slightly upturned bill,
cinnamon color under wings and on body. Very nice that it flew in close for
the entire group to view it.
Sanderling 12
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1500
Western Sandpiper 1
Least Sandpiper 40
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 25
Stilt Sandpiper 35 One flock of 20 in the north cell. Most of the
others on the south cells.
Short-billed Dowitcher 7
Wilson's Phalarope 7 Non-breeding plumage, long thin black bill, white
below, grayish brown on backs. Sometimes zig-zag swimming.
Laughing Gull 75
Ring-billed Gull 16
Herring Gull (American) 375
Great Black-backed Gull 550 Estimate of 3 people.
Least Tern 27 Estimate of 3 people.
Caspian Tern 6
Black Tern 15 One still with mostly black head, neck, and breast, dark
gray wings. Several showing mostly white heads with dark black cap, dark
underwings as they flew.
Common Tern 350 Estimate of 3 people.
Forster's Tern 137
Royal Tern 2
Purple Martin 3
Bank Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 38
Seaside Sparrow 1 Chuncky gray sparrow who perched up briefly a couple
of times.
Red-winged Blackbird 325
Brown-headed Cowbird 90
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
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Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD
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