Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from September 12, 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, September
2011, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
                 
    Weather: Mostly sunny; a few clouds am & pm

    Temp: degrees F 67-88
  
SPECIES                     Number of birds
Double-Crested Cormorant		(566)
Great Blue Heron              (28)
Great Egret					(11)
Snowy Egret					(70)
Cattle Egret					(133)
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON		(2)
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT HERON	(1)
Canada Goose					(5)
American Black Duck           (20)

Mallard                       (1769)
Northern Shoveler				(37)
Northern Pintail				(14)
Green-winged Teal				(59)
Osprey						(15)
Bald Eagle                    (3)
Northern Harrier				(2)
Semipalmated Plover			(1)
Killdeer                      (21)
American Avocet				(10)
Greater Yellowlegs			(5)
Lesser Yellowlegs				(31)
Spotted Sandpiper				(2)

Sanderling					(35)
Semipalmated Sandpiper		(112)
Least Sandpiper				(16)
White-rumped Sandpiper		(21)
Pectoral Sandpiper			(2)
Short-billed Dowitcher		(1)
Laughing Gull				(119)
Ring-billed Gull				(23)
Herring Gull                  (113)
Great Black-backed Gull       (598)
Caspian Tern					(51)
Forster's Tern				(9)
Horned Lark					(3)
European Starling             (95)
Common Yellowthroat			(5)
Red-winged Blackbird          (13)
Brown-headed Cowbird			(50)
American Goldfinch			(2)




Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601

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