Date: 5/21/13 6:40 pm
From: PETER OSENTON <roadwarrior71...>
Subject: [MDBirding] Poplar Island - 5/21/13
Hi everyone,

Today was our first trip out to the island to start our tern nesting research.� We had decent numbers of both Common�and Least Terns and found and marked
about 60 Least's nests, many with 1 or 2 eggs.� The Leasts are nesting in 3 main areas, and the Commons are nesting in different habitat somewhat nearby.
However,�we had no Common Tern nests with eggs yet, just scrapes in the sand or soil.� Below are some of the highlights we saw while working today.

Lesser Scaup� -�1 female off the northern end of the island
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer - found 1 nest
Am. Oystercatcher - 2
Black-necked Stilt - saw at least 6 birds and 1 nest.
Both Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Dunlin - several hundred
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow� - counted 17 nests on 1 sand bank, several others (~15) near an adjacetnt bank.

Peter Osenton
Jessup, Md.

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