Kevin will have the detailed counts, but to give you an idea, I've
attached is eBird report from yesterday's trip to Poplar Island.

Location:     Poplar Island
Observation date:     8/11/08
Number of species:     46

American Black Duck
Mallard
Northern Shoveler
Surf Scoter
Black Scoter
Ruddy Duck
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
American Oystercatcher
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper
Willet
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Tree Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-winged Blackbird
Common Grackle
Brown-headed Cowbird

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

On the way home, Stan took a few of us to see the CATTLE EGRETS in
Claiborne.  Very close to that location, we spotted an AMERICAN
KESTREL (always a crowd favorite) perched on some wires over a nearby
a field.  I carpooled with Dale Murphy. After we parted ways with
Stan's fuel-efficient SUV, she and I took a quick trip over to Tanyard
Marsh where the COMMON MOORHEN was heard, but not seen.

The cars driving by at high rates of speed makes TANYARD, an otherwise
great location, more than a bit hair-raising.  I nominate this hotspot
as one of MD's most 'Dangerous Places to Bird'.

On the way home, the Rt 50 signs flashed warnings of a two-hour delay.
 We sailed right across, with virtually no traffic.  As an added
treat, I took Dale over to my friend's house where the bridge can be
scoped.  There sat the female PEREGRINE FALCON perched on a railing in
the evening sun.

The RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD welcomed me home, capping off a wonderful day.

Good Birding,

Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD

http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/  (I'll be posting some photos from
yesterday's trip later today.)

On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Kevin Graff <> wrote:
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