Hi everyone,

Yesterday was my 3rd trip out to Poplar Island for our ongoing field work 
there.  The Common and Least Terns now have many nests with most of the Commons with 3 eggs, and the Leasts with 2 eggs.  Let's hope that the predation is less of an issue this year as opposed to last year.

Highlights included:

American Oystercatcher 2
Black-necked Stilt 5
Black-bellied Plover 1
SHORT-EARED OWL 1  Flushed from the marsh & chased by Red-winged Blackbird
Bald Eagle 1 adult - on Coaches Island

Also, the "regular birds" were there such as Double-crested Cormorant, Mallard, Great Blue Heron, Snowy Egret, Willet, Killdeer, Osprey, Great black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow and Red-winged Blackbird.

Peter Osenton
Jessup, Md.

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