Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from October 26, 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 Hudsonian Godwit, White-rumped
Sandpiper, several Kinglets and a Hermit Thrush.
			
	Weather: Overcast am & pm     Temp: degrees F 50-60
	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Double-crested Cormorant	   (51)
Great Blue Heron		    	   (23)
Great Egret				   (1)
Turkey Vulture			   (4)
Canada Goose		 	 	   (28)
American Black Duck	  	   (166)
Mallard                  	   (384)
Northern Shoveler			   (482)
Northern Pintail			   (60)
Green-winged Teal			   (415)
Lesser Scaup			       (119)
Ruddy Duck				   (105)

Bald Eagle				   (4)
Northern Harrier			   (3)
Peregrine Falcon			   (3)
Black-bellied Plover		   (20)
Killdeer			   	       (39)
Greater Yellowlegs		   (1)
HUDSONIAN GODWIT			   (1)

Sanderling				   (95)
Least Sandpiper			   (14)
White-rumped Sandpiper	   (6)
Pectoral Sandpiper		   (30)
Dunlin				       (348)
Wilson's Snipe			   (1)
Ring-billed Gull			   (18)
Herring Gull        	  	   (56)
Great Black-backed Gull      (1641)
Royal Tern				   (4)


Northern Flicker			   (1)
Eastern Phoebe			   (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet	   (2)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		   (6)
Hermit Thrush			   (1)
European Starling	            (55)
Yellow-rumped Warbler		   (19)
Palm Warbler			   	   (17)
Common Yellowthroat		   (8)
Chipping Sparrow			   (2)
Song Sparrow			       (31)
Swamp Sparrow			   (5)
White-throated Sparrow	   (8)
Dark-eyed Junco			   (34)
Red-winged Blackbird         (430)
American Goldfinch		   (6)


Les Roslund

Talbot County
Easton MD 21601






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