Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 22:46:54 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eugene J Scarpulla Subject: Poplar Island: 06/06/01 Comments: To: dbrinker@dnr.state.md.us, potyrajj@rcbhsc.wvu.edu, toadlady@fls.infi.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Maryland Environmental Service (MES) invited me to be part of their informational video about the Poplar Island restoration project. Filming took place on Wednesday (06/06/01). While on the island I had the opportunity to conduct a bird survey. Since the island is not open to the public, I was appreciative to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and MES for this privilege. Since this is a very active construction site, it was different birding while wearing steel-toed boots, a hardhat, safety glasses, and a life jacket. Results were as follows: Observations at Poplar Island June 6, 2001 0715-1700 AM: mostly sunny, 70 degrees, winds N 10K PM: sunny, 75 degrees, winds N 10K Route: oval around the Phase I wetland cells (~5 miles) Observer: Gene Scarpulla *SPECIES OF NOTE *DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT *739 (~400 nests on Jefferson I.) Great Blue Heron 17 Great Egret 1 Canada Goose 23 (13 adult, 10 downy young) Mute Swan 66 (50 adult, 16 downy young) American Black Duck 2 Mallard 50 (38 M, 6 F, 6 young) Osprey 14 (adult; 7 nests) *SEMIPALMATED PLOVER *12 Killdeer 3 *AMERICAN AVOCET *1 (female, breeding plumage) [new Talbot occurrence for Yellow Book] *WILLET *7 (Eastern: 6 adult, 1 1st-sum) *SANDERLING *4 *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *139 *WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER *8 *DUNLIN *9 *SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *2 (griseus) Laughing Gull 11 (6 adult, 5 1st-summer) Ring-billed Gull 3 Herring Gull 255 (~20 nests) Great Black-backed Gull 282 Royal Tern 2 *COMMON TERN *355 (~150 nests) [nesting status update for Yellow Book] Least Tern 20 (~5 nests) *BLACK TERN *1 (1st-summer) Fish Crow 6 crow sp. 10 Barn Swallow 16 European Starling 1 Red-winged Blackbird 19 (13 male, 6 female) Common Grackle 3 (Purple) BUTTERFLIES Cabbage White 4 Mourning Cloak 2 Painted Lady 1 Red Admiral 7 Gene Scarpulla Millers Island, Maryland mailto:.ejscarp@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================