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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:46:17 -0400
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings for 14 August 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, August
2012, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
There was not much change from the previous census. Various
species of "vagrant" gulls and terns are well represented. Most notable
aresome species of shorebirds, especially Semipalmated Sandpiper (now
numbering over 2500), Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet, Lesser
Yellowlegs, and Semipalmated Plover. Most outstanding on this census are
Blue-winged Teal, Cooper's Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Hudsonian Godwit, Ruddy
Turnstone, and 23 Black Tern.
- Jan Reese
Weather: Overcast Early am, Partly Sunny Thereafter
Temp: 75-95 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Canada Goose (92)
American Black Duck (27)
Mallard (1036)
Blue-winged Teal (7)
Ruddy Duck (5)
Double-crested Cormorant (2565)
Great Blue Heron (24)
Great Egret (12)
Snowy Egret (27)
Cattle Egret (20)
Black-crowned Night Heron (9)
Osprey (50)
Bald Eagle (6)
Cooper's Hawk (1)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
Clapper Rail (1)
Semipalmated Plover (91)
Killdeer (18)
Black-necked Stilt (31)
American Avocet (74)
Greater Yellowlegs (13)
Lesser Yellowlegs (125)
Willet (4)
Spotted Sandpiper (6)
Hudsonian Godwit (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (2646)
Least Sandpiper (79)
Pectoral Sandpiper (3)
Stilt Sandpiper (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher (15)
Wilson's Phalarope (5)
Laughing Gull (353)
Ring-billed Gull (39)
Herring Gull (545)
Great Black-backed Gull (1390)
Caspian Tern (13)
Royal Tern (3)
Common Tern (392)
Forster's Tern (109)
Least Tern (4)
Black Tern (23)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
American Crow (5)
Purple Martin (86)
Bank Swallow (57)
Barn Swallow (26)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (3)
European Starling (61)
Song Sparrow (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (259)
Brown-headed Cowbird (188)
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Les Roslund
Easton, MD
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