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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:04:07 -0400
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings for 10 April 2013
To: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from April 10, 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, March 2013, Fauna Monitoring Report
for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island.
The number of wintering surface-feeding waterfowl at the site has
now diminished to less than 150 individuals while more nesting species and
numbers are arriving daily. In fact, I found eight nesting species today
that were not here 48 hours ago. Most exciting today was a Pileated
Woodpecker in one of our few small trees by headquarters. Alexia and Claire
actually viewed the bird with optics while being on the opposite side of the
Cell 6 dike from the tree. I only heard it screeching loudly. This is
another new species for the project site. Otherwise, the census list
includes a good variety of wintering, north transient, and nesting species.
--- Jan Reese
Weather: Mostly cloudy am, Partly Sunny pm.
Temp: 59-79 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Canada Goose (14)
Gadwall (2)
American Black Duck (105)
Mallard (612)
Northern Shoveler (113)
Green-winged Teal (22)
Greater Scaup (17)
Lesser Scaup (3)
Surf Scoter (9)
White-winged Scoter (2)
Long-tailed Duck (1)
Bufflehead (75)
Ruddy Duck (26)
Common Loon (4)
Pied-billed Grebe (1)
Horned Grebe (61)
Northern Gannet (46)
Double-crested Cormorant (1457)
Great Blue Heron (20)
Great Egret (2)
Snowy Egret (14)
Cattle Egret (3)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Osprey (46)
Bald Eagle (4)
Northern Harrier (4)
Virginia Rail (2)
Killdeer (38)
American Oystercatcher (2)
Black-necked Stilt (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (2)
Willet (3)
Purple Sandpiper (2)
Dunlin (163)
Laughing Gull (4)
Bonaparte's Gull (1)
Ring-billed Gull (1)
Herring Gull (391)
Great Black-backed Gull (16)
Common Tern (4)
Short-eared Owl (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
PILEATED WOODPECKER (1)
American Crow (2)
Fish Crow (12)
Horned Lark (2)
Purple Martin (7)
Tree Swallow (46)
Barn Swallow (1)
Carolina Wren (1)
European Starling (5)
Yellow-throated Warbler (1)
Song Sparrow (8)
White-Crowned Sparrow (2)
Red-winged Blackbird (556)
Common Grackle (8)
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Les Roslund
Easton, MD
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