Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from June 23, 2009

       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 Pied-billed Grebe, Brown Pelican,
Great Egret, Virginia Rail, four species of sandpipers, and six species of
terns, along with interesting numbers of Osprey and Cormorants. 
			
	Weather: Overcast Early am,  partly sunny pm,    Temp: degrees F
72-81 

	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Pied-billed Grebe			   (1)
Brown Pelican			   (1)
Double-crested Cormorant	   (2246)
Great Blue Heron		     	   (43)
Great Egret				   (2)
Snowy Egret			 	   (36)
Turkey Vulture			   (1)
Canada Goose			   (67)
European Mute Swan		   (6)
American Black Duck	  	   (17)
Mallard                    	   (480)
Lesser Scaup			   (1)
Surf Scoter				   (2)
Ruddy Duck				   (4)

Osprey				   (51)
Bald Eagle				   (3)
Virginia Rail			   (1)
Killdeer				   (47)
American Oystercatcher		   (1)
Black-necked Stilt		   (6)
Willet				   (49)
Spotted Sandpiper			   (2)
Ruddy Turnstone			   (2)
Semipalmated Sandpiper		   (11)
Dunlin				   (8)
Laughing Gull			   (12)
Herring Gull        	  	   (562)
Great Black-backed Gull    	   (447)

Caspian Tern			   (5)
Royal Tern				   (2)
Common Tern			 	   (734)
Forster's Tern			   (4)
Least Tern				   (121)
Black Tern				   (2)
Red-bellied Woodpecker		   (1)
Fish Crow				   (6)
Purple Martin			   (6)
Tree Swallow			   (56)
Bank Swallow			   (6)
Barn Swallow			   (38)

European Starling		         (13)
Common Yellowthroat		   (1)
Seaside Sparrow			   (2)
Red-winged Blackbird      	   (270)
Common Grackle			   (12)
Orchard Oriole			   (1)

Les Roslund

Talbot County
Easton MD 21601