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Poplar Island Trip of Talbot County Bird Club 5 - 19

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danny poet

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danny poet

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Mon, 21 May 2007 17:14:54 -0400

  Hi     On Saturday  May 19 , 07    24     Members and  guests of  the  
Talbot County Bird Club Visted Poplar Island .The   trip was put together  
by Erney  Maher  { Thanks  Erney  ]    due to one leftover spot  Jan Reese 
who surveys the birds  out there was able to come along and   guide us along 
.  I may have missed  some but    by my   notes we had  47 Species .  Most 
Numerous shorebirds  being  Semi Palmated  Sandpiper   and  Least  Sandpiper 
   .   Birds seen and heard

Red Throated Loon      1
Common Loon           1
DC  Cormorant       Many    Nesting here
Great Blue   Heron     several    one feeding young in a nest
Snowy  Egret
Turkey Vulture      1      rare out there
Canada  Geese    several with   fledged young
Mute Swan    1
Black Duck      several
Mallard      many  some with young
Scaup    species        1      seen from  bus  while in mottion
Scoter species       1          dittio as above
Long tailed Duck       1    breeding plumage
Osprey      many
Bald   Eagle   1  young       in  the nest
Black Bellied Plover        1     still in winter plumage
Semipalmated  Plover       4
Killdeer
AMERICAN  OSTERCATCHER       1      flew from near   were  boat docks  on 
the return  to
                                                      Tilghmam      narrows  
   seen by  others
Lesser Yellowlegs         1
Willet         8      rough esimate
Spotted   Sandpiper           1
Sanderling     1         in smashing  breeding  plumage
Semipalmated Sandpiper        lots
Least  Sandpiper        lots
PURPLE  SANDPIPER               1 on the   rock wall  alone     I was able 
to snap some  photos
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER      1       Thanks to Stan Arnold  for the look  in 
his scope for that one
Dunlin
Laughing  Gull
Ring Billed  Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black - backed   Gull
Common Tern
Least  Tern
Red Bellied  Woodpecker     1
Flicker       1
Great Crested   Flycatcher  1
American   Crow
Fish   Crow
Purple    Martin        1         rare  here
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren       1
Robin          several  in    Tilghman
Common Yellow Throat     1
Red winged Blackbird
Grackle

Happy Birding
Danny Poet
Queenstown , Md


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