Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from June 02,2010

       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.
      			
	Weather: clear with hazy horizon a.m. & p.m.   
	Temp: degrees F 76-88
	
SPECIES				Number of birds
Double-crested Cormorant	   (1538)
Great Blue Heron		    	   (34)
Great Egret				   (2)
Snowy Egret				   (52)
TRICOLORED HERON			   (4)
CATTLE EGRET				   (5)
BLACK-CROWENED NIGHT HERON   (1)
Canada Goose		 	 	   (11)
American Black Duck	  	   (40)
Mallard                  	   (1192)
Surf Scoter				   (3)
Ruddy Duck				   (19)
Osprey					   (28)
Bald Eagle				   (5)

Peregrine Falcon			   (1)
CLAPPER RAIL				   (1)
VIRGINIA RAIL			   (1)
Black-bellied Plover		   (2)
Semipalmated Plover		   (57)
Killdeer					   (51)
AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER	   (2)
Black-necked Stilt		   (3)
AMERICAN AVOCET			   (2)
Willet					   (32)
Ruddy Turnstone			   (3)

Sanderling				   (1)
Semipalmated Sandpiper	   (3029)
Least Sandpiper			   (794)
White-rumped Sandpiper	   (3)
Dunlin				       (1)
Short-billed Dowitcher	   (9)
Herring Gull        	  	   (455)
Great Black-backed Gull      (84)
GULL-BILLED TERN			   (1)
CASPIAN TERN				   (2)
Common Tern				   (430)
Least Tern				   (128)
Eastern Kingbird			   (1)
Fish Crow				   (7)

Purple Martin			   (8)
Tree Swallow				   (29)
BANK SWALLOW				   (14)
Barn Swallow				   (12)
Carolina Wren			   (1)
European Starling	            (5)
Seaside Sparrow			   (2)
BLUE GROSBEAK			   (1)  (New species for this property)
Red-winged Blackbird         (233)
Common Grackle			   (4)

Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601






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