Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from October 6,2008

       This report is submitted on behalf of Jan Reese of Talbot County, who
continues to periodically survey the flora and fauna of the Paul Sarbanes
Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island. 
       Some of the birds were seen from the boat during the trip from
Tilghman Island and back. 
			
	Weather: Overcast am, Mostly cloudy pm;  Temp: 55-67 degrees F

	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Double-crested Cormorant	   (692)
Great Blue Heron		     	   (31)
Great Egret				   (3)
Snowy Egret			         (2)
Canada Goose		  	   (45)
American Black Duck	  	   (64)
Mallard                    	   (278)
Northern Shoveler			   (379)
Northern Pintail			   (2)
Green-winged Teal			   (68)
Surf Scoter			         (1)
Ruddy Duck				   (4)

Bald Eagle			         (8)
Northern Harrier			   (3)
Black-bellied Plover		   (14)
Semipalmated Plover		   (6)
Killdeer			   	   (11)
Greater Yellowlegs		   (2)
Lesser Yellowlegs			   (20) 
Sanderling				   (191)
Semipalmated Sandpiper	         (2)
Least Sandpiper			   (14)
Dunlin				   (34)
Wilson's Snipe			   (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher		   (2)

Laughing Gull			   (14)
Ring-billed Gull		  	   (27)
Herring Gull        	  	   (835)
Great Black-backed Gull    	   (901)
Northern Flicker			   (8)
Empidonax Flycatcher		   (1)
Eastern Phoebe			   (4)
Blue Jay				   (1)
European Starling		         (40)
Yellow Warbler			   (1)
Palm Warbler			   (8)
Common Yellowthroat		   (10)
Song Sparrow			   (1)
Swamp Sparrow			   (2)
Red-winged Blackbird      	   (98)
Brown-headed Cowbird		   (36)

 

Les Roslund

Talbot County
Easton MD 21601