MD; Talbot Co: Popular Island Environmental Restoration Site;
18 May 2009: 0915 to 1330 EDT
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Barry Cooper, Gail Mackiernan, + 16 observers;
By bus with frequent stops: N from dock along E edge cells 3 & 1; south along W side same; E along S side cell 1; S along W side cells 4 & 5 to S end island; circled cell 5; N along W side of island to NE corner of cell 2; E to dock; failed to find a Least Bittern in NE corner cell 4;
12 to 15 C; NNE 10 to 24 km/hr; overcast clearing to sunny w/ scattered clouds; high tide (Tilghman Island) c. 1130;
Canada Goose 8
American Black Duck 15
Mallard 215
Surf Scoter 1
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Pacific Loon 1
Double-crested Cormorant 600
Great Blue Heron 17
Snowy Egret 4
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 16
Bald Eagle 4 (2 ad, 1 sub-ad, 1 im)
Peregrine Falcon 2
Semipalmated Plover 25
Killdeer 17
Black-necked Stilt 2
Spotted Sandpiper 45
Greater Yellowlegs 2
Willet (Eastern) 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Sanderling 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3500
Least Sandpiper 30
peep spp. 425
White-rumped Sandpiper 2
Purple Sandpiper 2
Dunlin 1000
Stilt Sandpiper 1
Short-Billed Dowitcher 25
Red-necked Phalarope 2
Laughing Gull 2
Herring Gull 700
Great Black-backed Gull 30
Common Tern 20
Mourning Dove 2
Eastern Kingbird 1
Fish Crow 6
Horned Lark 3
Purple Martin 6
Tree Swallow 20
N Rough-winged Swallow 2
Bank Swallow 12
Cliff Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 75
Euro Starling 3
Common Yellowthroat 1
Red-winged Blackbird 60
Common Grackle 1
Orchard Oriole 1
48 species
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Port Republic MD 20676 / Alexandria VA 22307
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