Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from November 10,2008

       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.
	Note particularly the presence of Common Goldeneye, Wilson's Snipe,
Snowy Owl and Snow Buntings.
			
	Weather: Clear am and pm,   Temp: 43-45 degrees F

	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Common Loon				   (5)
Double-crested Cormorant	   (94)
Great Blue Heron		     	   (6)
American Black Duck	  	   (92)
Mallard                    	   (115)
Northern Shoveler			   (28)
Northern Pintail			   (12)
Green-winged Teal			   (21)
Lesser Scaup			   (43)
Surf Scoter			         (157)
Long-tailed Duck			   (2)
Bufflehead				   (144)
Common Goldeneye			   (1)
Red-breasted Merganser		   (3)
Ruddy Duck				   (75)

Bald Eagle			         (1)
Northern Harrier			   (3)
Black-bellied Plover		   (6)
Semipalmated Plover		   (1)
Killdeer			   	   (3)
Lesser Yellowlegs			   (2)
Sanderling				   (45)
Least Sandpiper			   (6)
Purple Sandpiper			   (1)
Dunlin				   (125)
Wilson's Snipe			   (5)

Laughing Gull			   (3)
Ring-billed Gull		  	   (26)
Herring Gull        	  	   (204)
Great Black-backed Gull    	   (480)
Lesser Black-backed Gull	   (1)
Forster's Tern			   (2)
SNOWY OWL				   (1)

European Starling		         (10)
Savannah Sparrow			   (5)
Song Sparrow			   (8)
Swamp Sparrow			   (3)
Dark-eyed Junco			   (1)
SNOW BUNTING			   (11)
Red-winged Blackbird      	   (168)
American Goldfinch		   (21)
 

Les Roslund

Talbot County
Easton MD 21601