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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:35:29 -0400
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings for 24 September 2012
To: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from September 24, 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, September
2012, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
This census found most shorebirds, nesting species, and gulls have departed
the site, while surface-feeding waterfowl and many songbird species have
increased. Noteworthy is the near absence of Great Black-backed Gull
(usually congregating in the 1000'sthis time of year). Conversely, there is
an abundance of Laughing Gull and Bald Eagle. Some early transient flocks
of Canada Goose were seen flying high down the Bay, while Monarch and other
butterfly species were especially abundant.
--- Jan Reese
Weather: Mostly sunny, am & pm
Temp: 58-79 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Canada Goose (2)
American Black Duck (15)
Mallard (61)
Northern Shoveler (1399)
Northern Pintail (16)
Green-winged Teal (1331)
Ruddy Duck (183)
Double-crested Cormorant (1620)
Great Blue Heron (18)
Great Egret (10)
Snowy Egret (13)
Osprey (2)
Bald Eagle (16)
Northern Harrier (2)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
Black-bellied Plover (5)
American Golden Plover (4)
Semipalmated Plover (30)
Killdeer (19)
American Avocet (31)
Greater Yellowlegs (15)
Lesser Yellowlegs (213)
Sanderling (41)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (470)
Least Sandpiper (70)
Pectoral Sandpiper (1)
Stilt Sandpiper (3)
Short-billed Dowitcher (22)
Wilson's Phalarope (1)
Laughing Gull (456)
Ring-billed Gull (21)
Herring Gull (35)
Great Black-backed Gull (2)
Caspian Tern (2)
Royal Tern (2)
Northern Flicker (5)
American Crow (17)
Eastern Phoebe (1)
Tree Swallow (54)
Barn Swallow (2)
European Starling (110)
American Pipit (2)
Palm Warbler (3)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (1)
Common Yellowthroat (3)
Savannah Sparrow (16)
Red-winged Blackbird (162)
Brown-headed Cowbird (400)
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Les Roslund
Easton, MD
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