Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from May 24, 2012
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 2012,
Fauna Monitoring Report for the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration
Project at Poplar Island.
Tropical storm Alberto with counterclockwise motion brought
us strong wind from the northeast blowing southwest beginning late on 20 May
- the date of the new moon when north transient shorebirds historically
reach this latitude. These conditions, unfavorable to north transient
shorebirds prevailed until the storm moved well offshore by Tuesday, however
a northwest low-pressure system moving east immediately took the place of
the tropical storm, keeping the weather turbid with prevailing northwest
breezes. This front largely cleared us Thursday morning, permitting a nice
flow of warm air from the southwest with conditions favorable to north
transient shorebirds, as attested by this census containing nearly 10,000
shorebirds. The tally can speak for itself.
Weather: Overcast, foggy am, partly sunny pm Temp: 70-80 degrees F
SPECIES Number of birds
Common Loon (1)
Double-crested Cormorant (2337)
Great Blue Heron (50)
Great Egret (2)
Snowy Egret (18)
Cattle Egret (38)
Black-crowned Night Heron (3)
Turkey Vulture (1)
Canada Goose (18)
Tundra Swan (2)
Gadwall (1)
American Black Duck (48)
Mallard (1131)
Northern Shoveler (1)
Lesser Scaup (1)
Ruddy Duck (3)
Osprey (35)
Bald Eagle (5)
Virginia Rail (1)
Black-bellied Plover (15)
Semipalmated Plover (444)
Killdeer (14)
American Oystercatcher (2)
Black-necked Stilt (10)
American Avocet (7)
Greater Yellowlegs (4)
Lesser Yellowlegs (10)
Willet (27)
Spotted Sandpiper (1)
Ruddy Turnstone (16)
Red Knot (1)
Sanderling (25)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (6990)
Least Sandpiper (77)
Dunlin (1923)
Short-billed Dowitcher (33)
Red-necked Phalarope (2)
Herring Gull (739)
Great Black-backed Gull (43)
Common Tern (144)
Least Tern (97)
Eastern Kingbird (1)
Great Crested Flycatcher (1)
Fish Crow (1)
Horned Lark (4)
Purple Martin (10)
Tree Swallow (42)
Bank Swallow (101)
Barn Swallow (9)
Carolina Wren (1)
European Starling (4)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Seaside Sparrow (4)
Red-winged Blackbird (333)
Common Grackle (6)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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