Hey everyone-
I accompanied my dad and granddad on a quick tour of Poplar Island earlier today. This was my first trip to the island, and I will definitely be coming back for a birding tour as soon as i can. Needless to say, today's tour group was not too birding-oriented, and I only managed to get off the bus once, at what I believe was cell 4A(?). Anyway, in a few minutes of scanning, I was able to pick out one nice shorebird:
Location: Poplar Island
Observation date: 8/24/10
Number of species: 35
Canada Goose 22
Mallard 10
Blue-winged Teal 15
Double-crested Cormorant 269
Great Blue Heron 12
Great Egret 2
Snowy Egret 23
Tricolored Heron 4
Cattle Egret 15
Osprey 35
Bald Eagle 8
AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER 1 (photos) **I saw a large Plover from the bus, and
forced my way off it to get a scope on this bird, which was relatively close to
the road, and allowed for good study and photo-ops**
Semipalmated Plover 35
Killdeer 10
Black-necked Stilt 3
American Avocet 17
Lesser Yellowlegs 26
Ruddy Turnstone 2
Sanderling 36
Semipalmated Sandpiper 30
Western Sandpiper 6
Least Sandpiper 45
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Laughing Gull 100
Herring Gull 200
Great Black-backed Gull 45
Caspian Tern 3
Common Tern 8
Royal Tern 35
Fish Crow 2
Purple Martin 1
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 1
Northern Mockingbird 1
Red-winged Blackbird 300
After Poplar, I stopped by Black Walnut Point for 15 minutes to see if I could relocate an Olive-Sided Flycatcher reported by David Palmer on eBird. I couldn't find the flycatcher, but a group of Brown-Headed Nuthatches were entertaining, and I encountered a small flock of Pine Warblers containing birds from the drabbest to the brightest extremes, allowing for some cool study and comparison.
Good birding,
Nico Sarbanes
Baltimore
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