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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:10:02 -0500
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings for 09 January 2013
To: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from January 9, 2013
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, January
2013, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
Depositional slurry now covering the southern cells at the project
site has forced thousands of Lesser Scaup and Green-winged Teal from the
island, while some late transient Tundra Swan and American Goldeneye have
arrived recently. Encouraging is the presence of hundreds of American Black
Duck, while disappointing has been near absence of transient and/or
wintering Northern Shoveler, usually a mainstay of the site waterfowl.
Brown Pelican had a big surge up the Chesapeake for a few weeks in November,
then receded, but are now appearing again as a few have been reported in
several localities lately.
Most exciting on the latest census was a meadowlark, not seen at
the site for several years.
--- Jan Reese
Weather: Overcast am & pm
Temp: 38-55 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Canada Goose (200)
Tundra Swan (79)
Gadwall (6)
American Wigeon (14)
American Black Duck (376)
Mallard (1502)
Northern Shoveler (22)
Northern Pintail (428)
Green-winged Teal (5)
Greater Scaup (373)
Lesser Scaup (8)
Surf Scoter (4)
White-winged Scoter (2)
Long-tailed Duck (54)
Bufflehead (284)
Common Goldeneye (13)
Ruddy Duck (55)
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Horned Grebe (5)
Brown Pelican (5)
American Bittern (1)
Great Blue Heron (12)
Black-crowned Night Heron (4)
Bald Eagle (5)
Northern Harrier (5)
Sanderling (4)
Least Sandpiper (2)
Dunlin (54)
Ring-billed Gull (25)
Herring Gull (468)
Great Black-backed Gull (6)
Horned Lark (6)
Tree Swallow (1)
European Starling (264)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
Song Sparrow (41)
Snow Bunting (55)
Red-winged Blackbird (284)
Eastern Meadowlark (1)
Les Roslund
Easton MD 21601
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Les Roslund
Easton, MD
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