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From: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2013 19:28:07 -0400
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings for 21 May 2013
To: Les Roslund <lroslund...>
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from May 21, 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, May 2013, Fauna Monitoring Report
for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island.
After cool northwest wind for several days last week a south breeze
commenced Sunday evening providing a nice tailwind for transients. Most
notable during 20-22 May is the influx of shorebirds timed to peak at this
latitude during the full moon on the 25th just 72 hours away. Indeed the
census tallied over 9000 shorebirds (3 times as many as 12 days ago) while a
cold front from northerly directions Thursday will cease the birds movement
north. Other highlights include high counts of nesting Cattle Egret, Glossy
Ibis, Osprey, Purple Martin, and Seaside Sparrow. Additionally, Ring-necked
Duck, Red-tailed Hawk, American Avocet, and four species of rails are
unusual.
--- Jan Reese
Weather: Overcast am, partly sunny pm.
Temp: 67-82 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Canada Goose (22)
American Black Duck (51)
Mallard (612)
Blue-winged Teal (2)
Ring-necked Duck (2)
Lesser Scaup (1)
Ruddy Duck (3)
Double-crested Cormorant (2910)
Great Blue Heron (19)
Great Egret (5)
Snowy Egret (85)
Tri-colored Heron (1)
Cattle Egret (51)
Black-crowned Night Heron (2)
Glossy Ibis (19)
Osprey (55)
Bald Eagle (2)
Red-tailed Hawk (1)
Clapper Rail (2)
Virginia Rail (3)
Common Moorhen (1)
American Coot (2)
Black-bellied Plover (36)
Semipalmated Plover (160)
Killdeer (18)
American Oystercatcher (2)
Black-necked Stilt (23)
American Avocet (1)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Lesser Yellowlegs (1)
Willet (26)
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Sanderling (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (2)
Red Knot (1)
Sanderling (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (8525)
Least Sandpiper (105)
Dunlin (1085)
Short-billed Dowitcher (73)
Red-necked Phalarope (1)
Laughing Gull (2)
Herring Gull (788)
Great Black-backed Gull (80)
Caspian Tern (20)
Common Tern (311)
Forster's Tern (9)
Least Tern (52)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Great-crested Flycatcher (1)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
American Crow (5)
Fish Crow (2)
Horned Lark (4)
Purple Martin (34)
Tree Swallow (49)
Bank Swallow (69)
Barn Swallow (5)
Carolina Wren (1)
European Starling (6)
Seaside Sparrow (10)
Red-winged Blackbird (497)
Common Grackle (8)
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Les Roslund
Easton, MD
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