Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from November 25, 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, November
2011, Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.

	Highlights include numbers of surface-feeding ducks, especially
American Black Duck, also Lesser Scaup and Mergansers. Also notable were
Peregrine Falcon, Bonaparte's Gull and Snow Bunting. 

    Weather: Overcast to partly sunny am & pm.	Temp:  58-60 degrees F
  
SPECIES                     Number of birds

Common Loon					(4)
Horned Grebe					(11)
Pied-billed Grebe				(3)
Double-Crested Cormorant		(16)
Great Blue Heron              (9)
Turkey Vulture				(1)
Canada Goose					(109)
Tundra Swan					(3)
American Black Duck           (190)
Mallard                       (865)
Northern Shoveler				(247)
Northern Pintail				(1178)

Green-winged Teal				(1282)
Lesser Scaup					(1836)
Surf Scoter					(7)
Long-tailed Duck				(16)
Bufflehead					(21)
Ruddy Duck					(2419)
Bald Eagle                    (5)
Northern Harrier				(1)
Peregrine Falcon				(1)
American Coot				(1)
Black-bellied Plover			(4)
Killdeer                      (3)

Sanderling					(27)
Least Sandpiper				(6)
Dunlin						(451)
Bonaparte's Gull				(2)
Ring-billed Gull				(60)
Herring Gull                  (119)
Great Black-backed Gull       (286)
Horned Lark					(8)
European Starling             (32)
Savannah Sparrow				(2)
Song Sparrow					(10)
Snow Bunting					(54)
Red-winged Blackbird          (450)


Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601

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