Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from July 20, 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 King Eider, Green Heron, American
Avocet, Wilson's Phalarope, large numbers of DC Cormorants, Mallards and
Snowy Egrets. Lots of shorebird species including several likely migrants
were also present.
Weather: Overcast am and pm, Temp: degrees F 72-82
SPECIES Number of birds
Horned Grebe (1)
Brown Pelican (37)
Double-crested Cormorant (3720)
Great Blue Heron (69)
Great Egret (5)
Snowy Egret (109)
Cattle Egret (7)
GREEN HERON (1)
Canada Goose (50)
American Black Duck (11)
Mallard (1143)
KING EIDER (1)
Surf Scoter (11)
Long-tailed Duck (2)
Ruddy Duck (1)
Osprey (30)
Bald Eagle (7)
Black-bellied Plover (1)
Semipalmated Plover (8)
Killdeer (103)
American Oystercatcher (1)
Black-necked Stilt (15)
AMERICAN AVOCET (5)
Lesser Yellowlegs (947)
Willet (33)
Spotted Sandpiper (7)
Ruddy Turnstone (2)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (63)
Western Sandpiper (16)
Least Sandpiper (1689)
White-rumped Sandpiper (1)
Pectoral Sandpiper (5)
Dunlin (2)
Stilt Sandpiper (12)
Short-billed Dowitcher (375)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE (1)
Laughing Gull (65)
Bonaparte's Gull (1)
Ring-billed Gull (30)
Herring Gull (632)
Great Black-backed Gull (269)
Caspian Tern (2)
Common Tern (429)
Forster's Tern (7)
Least Tern (155)
Black Tern (5)
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Fish Crow (7)
Purple Martin (10)
Tree Swallow (91)
Bank Swallow (79)
Barn Swallow (241)
Carolina Wren (1)
European Starling (13)
Common Yellowthroat (1)
Seaside Sparrow (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (426)
Brown-headed Cowbird (145)
Common Grackle (3)
American Goldfinch (1)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601 |