The report that follows is several weeks late due to inadvertent problems
between a couple of computers.
Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from May 26,2011
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, May 2011,
Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
Note the presence of American Coot and Ruddy Turnstone along with
quite high numbers of Semipalmated Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper and Dunlin.
Weather: Clear, Hazy am; Partly Cloudy, Hazy, pm,
Temp: degrees F 70-84
SPECIES Number of birds
Double-Crested Cormorant (2307)
Great Blue Heron (45)
GREAT EGRET (1)
Snowy Egret (32)
Cattle Egret (3)
Glossy Ibis (2)
Canada Goose (9)
American Black Duck (73)
Mallard (1180)
Ruddy Duck (16)
Osprey (39)
Bald Eagle (2)
AMERICAN COOT (5)
Virginia Rail (1)
Black-bellied Plover (4)
Semipalmated Plover (74)
Killdeer (21)
BLACK-NECKED STILT (10)
Lesser yellowlegs (4)
Willet (29)
WHIMBREL (9)
Ruddy Turnstone (3)
Red Knot (2)
Sanderling (4)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (3970)
Least Sandpiper (255)
Dunlin (500)
Short-billed Dowitcher (5)
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (4)
Laughing Gull (9)
Ring-billed Gull (3)
Herring Gull (550)
Great Black-backed Gull (138)
CASPIAN TERN (113)
Common Tern (98)
Least Tern (22)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Fish Crow (3)
Purple Martin (10)
Tree Swallow (29)
Bank Swallow (55)
Barn Swallow (18)
European Starling (4)
Red-winged Blackbird (161)
Common Grackle (3)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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