Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:54:57 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Roslund Subject: Poplar Island Sightings - Nov 18 and other In-Reply-To: <000001c3afcf$2172f960$6400a8c0@NORM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This report is filed on behalf of Jan Reese who continues to visit and census Poplar Island on a regular basis. Nov 18 Highlights - 30 Purple Sandpipers Selected highlights from September and October: SEPT 8 - Snowy Egret (44), American Golden Plover (2), Semipalmated Plover (125), Ruddy Turnstone (22), Sanderling (67), Semipalmated Sandpiper (638), Western Sandpiper (6), Least Sandpiper (84), Pectoral Sandpiper (6), Stilt Sandpiper (5), Short-billed Dowitcher (95), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (5) SEPT 24 - Snowy Egret (5), Perigrine Falcon (1), Semipalmated Plover (2), Sanderling (26), Semipalmated Sandpiper (156), Least Sandpiper (2), Pectoral Sandpiper (2), Carolina Wren (1) Chimney Swift (3) OCT 8 - Snowy Egret (2), Northern Shoveler (99), Lesser Scaup (1), Black-bellied Plover (4), Semipalmated Plover (9), Sanderling (20), Least Sandpiper (1), Dunlin (14), Carolina Wren (2), Northern Cardinal (1) OCT 31 - Common Loon (4), Gadwall (4), American Black Duck (42), Lesser Scaup (1), Surf Scoter (4), Black-bellied Plover (16), Sanderling (154), Dunlin (498), Song Sparrow (3) Les Roslund Lroslund@bluecrab.org Talbot County Easton MD 21601 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================