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Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from October 25,2010
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.
The summary of bird observations that follows was taken by permission
from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and MD Port Administration, October
2010, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
Note the presence of Long-billed Dowitcher and House Finch - these
are firsts for the project site. Note also the sighting of a Ring-necked
Duck and again the large total numbers of ducks, Great Black-backed Gulls
and Cormorants.
Weather: Party Cloudy a.m. and p.m.
Temp: degrees F 59-70
SPECIES Number of birds
Common Loon (1)
Double-crested Cormorant (3672)
Great Blue Heron (18)
Snowy Egret (1)
Canada Goose (494)
Gadwall (2)
American Wigeon (38)
American Black Duck (272)
Mallard (3417)
Northern Shoveler (87)
Northern Pintail (257)
Green-winged Teal (1166)
Ring-necked Duck (1)
Lesser Scaup (205)
Surf Scoter (8)
Bufflehead (6)
Ruddy Duck (590)
Bald Eagle (10)
Northern Harrier (3)
Peregrine Falcon (1)
Black-bellied Plover (9)
Killdeer (2)
Greater Yellowlegs (1)
Sanderling (82)
Western Sandpiper (1)
Least Sandpiper (45)
Dunlin (71)
LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER (1)
Laughing Gull (3)
Ring-billed Gull (29)
Herring Gull (649)
Great Black-backed Gull (1327)
Forster's Tern (26)
Horned Lark (4)
Tree Swallow (39)
European Starling (31)
American Pipit (8)
Song Sparrow (9)
Red-winged Blackbird (292)
HOUSE FINCH (3)
American Goldfinch (5)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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