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Poplar Island & beyond, 05/11/09

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Kevin Graff

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Tue, 12 May 2009 13:01:53 -0700

Hi all,



05/11/09 - 845am-905am
MES Land Base, Chicken Point Rd., Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Light rain, 53 degrees, NNE 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 13

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 4
Common Loon - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snowy Egret - 1
Osprey - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (up the road)
American Oystercatcher - 2
Dunlin - 2 (Joel+)
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Barn Swallow - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 5
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 53

05/11/09 - 915am-115pm
Paul Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island, Tilghman, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Light rain/Overcast, 53-57 degrees, SSW 11 mph- WSW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 13

Canada Goose - 10
Gadwall - 2
American Black Duck - 16
Mallard - 175
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Surf Scoter - 2
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Ruddy Duck - 1
Common Loon - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 1967 (1428 at nests, rest headed N)
Least Bittern - 1
Great Blue Heron - 32
Snowy Egret - 40 (many hiding in grasses at nests)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 10
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
Black-bellied Plover - 39 (single flock of 30 flyover)
Semipalmated Plover - 35
Killdeer - 21
Black-necked Stilt - 5
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 20
Willet - 15
Spotted Sandpiper - 25
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Sanderling - 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 400 
Least Sandpiper - 174
White-rumped Sandpiper - 2
Purple Sandpiper - 4
Dunlin - 528
Stilt Sandpiper - 2
peep sp - 400 
Short-billed Dowitcher - 27 (both races)
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 437
Great Black-backed Gull - 52
Least Tern - 2
Common Tern - 16
Forster's Tern - 1
Fish Crow - 4
Horned Lark - 2
Purple Martin - 10
Tree Swallow - 22
Bank Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 150
European Starling - 1
Seaside Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 231
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL BIRDS: 4904

05/11/09 - 2pm-210pm
Claiborne Landing Boat Ramp, Claiborne Landing Rd., McDaniel, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 57 degrees, WSW 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Dale M, Paul N

Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 7
Osprey - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 1
Common Tern - 2
Forster's Tern - 8
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
European Starling - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 40

05/11/09 - 310pm-515pm
Terrapin Nature Area, Log Canoe Circle, Stevensville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/PC, 56-59 degrees, WSW 8 mph- WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Dale M, Paul N

Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1 (nearby pond)
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 3 
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 3
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Nashville Warbler - 2
Yellow Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
MOURNING WARBLER - 1 (adult female)
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 1 (female)
Eastern Towhee - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
Orchard Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 56 (95 species total, 58 in Talbot & 56 in QA Co)
TOTAL BIRDS: 117 (5114 individual total)

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2
Eastern Cottontail - 1
White-tailed Deer - 2

REPTILES
Eastern Garter Snake - 2


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD