Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from April 19, 2010

       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 Turkey Vulture, Blue-winged Teal,
Red-tailed Hawk, and lots of Surf Scoters, Ruddy Ducks and Fish Crows.
Purple Sandpipers are lingering, and American Oystercatchers and a Seaside
Sparrow have shown up.
			
	Weather: Clear a.m., Hazy horizon p.m.   Temp: degrees F 50-64
	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Common Loon				   (7)
Double-crested Cormorant	   (1676)
Great Blue Heron		    	   (45)
Snowy Egret				   (18)
Turkey Vulture			   (4)
Canada Goose		 	 	   (34)
Gadwall					   (9)
American Black Duck	  	   (73)
Mallard                  	   (508)
Blue-winged Teal			   (2)
Northern Shoveler			   (15)

Green-winged Teal			   (13)
Lesser Scaup				   (3)
Surf Scoter				   (643)
Ruddy Duck				   (1486)
Osprey					   (28)
Bald Eagle				   (4)
Semipalmated Plover		   (2)
Killdeer					   (43)
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER	   (2)
Greater Yellowlegs		   (7)
Willet					   (2)
Sanderling				   (35)
Pectoral Sandpiper		   (1)

Purple Sandpiper			   (28)
Dunlin				       (241)
Ring-billed Gull			   (11)
Herring Gull        	  	   (500)
Great Black-backed Gull      (41)
SHORT-EARED OWL			   (1)
Fish Crow				   (27)
Horned Lark				   (4)
Purple Martin			   (2)
Tree Swallow				   (61)
Barn Swallow				   (7)
Carolina Wren			   (2)
European Starling	            (8)
Seaside Sparrow			   (1)
Northern Cardinal			   (2)
Red-winged Blackbird         (336)
Common Grackle			   (13)

Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601



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