Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 21:03:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Poplar Island Sightings - Jul 21 and other MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This report is filed on behalf of Jan Reese, who is under contract to visit and census Poplar Island on a regular basis. Sightings of July 21, 2003 DC Cormorant - 501, Gt Blue Heron - 43, Snowy Egret - 8, Canada Goose - 78, Black Duck - 4, Mallard 27, SURF SCOTER - 3, WHITE-WINGED SCOTER - 4, Ruddy Duck - 2, BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 1, Semi-palmated Plover - 51, Killdeer - 18, Lesser Yellowlegs - 125, Willet - 12, Spotted Sandpiper - 13, RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1, Sanderling - 6, Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1238, Western Sandpiper - 7, Least Sandpiper - 139, Pectoral Sandpiper - 11, STILT SANDPIPER - 1, SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 29, Laughing Gull - 48, Herring Gull - 531, Ring-billed Gull - 71, Great Black-backed Gull - 1016, Common Tern - 331, Least Tern - 66, Royal Tern - 1, Barn Swallow - 238, Bank Swallow - 6, Red-winged Blackbird - 49. Selected highlight sightings since the previous report back on June 4th include: JUNE 10 - Common Loon - 1, American Wigeon - 1, Surf Scoter - 6, White-winged Scoter -2, Long-tailed Duck - 8, Ruddy Turnstone - 2, Dunlin - 6, Short-billed Dowitcher - 15, Eastern Kingbird - 1 JUNE 20: Gadwall - 2, American Wigeon - 1, Surf Scoter - 18, White-winged Scoter - 6, Common Goldeneye - 1, Black Skimmer - 1, Yellow-throated Warbler - 1, Common Yellowthroat - 1 JUNE 25: Gull-billed Tern - 1 JULY 2: Short-billed Dowitcher - 30 JULY 7: Horned Grebe - 1, Surf Scoter - 4, White-winged Scoter - 4, Black Scoter - 2, Long-tailed Duck - 3, Short-billed Dowitcher - 26, American Avocet - 2 JULY 9: Caspian Tern - 1 Les Roslund Lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton MD ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =======================================================================