Subject: Poplar Island Sightings from March 14, 2007
This report is submitted on behalf of Jan Reese of Talbot
County, who continues to periodically survey the flora and fauna of Poplar
Island.
These sightings include the birds seen on March 14, 2007. Some
of the birds were seen from the boat during the trip from Tilghman Island
and back.
Weather: Overcast Early am, Partly Cloudy thereafter ,
Temp range 50-62 degrees F
Special note: Wilson's Snipe and Boat-tailed Grackle are new for
the project site.
Some signs of spring: Bald Eagle brooding young; Great Blue Heron
incubating;
Tree Swallows in boxes; Mallard incubating 5 eggs; Killdeer
with nest scrape;
Herring Gulls in colony; Boat-tailed Grackle singing
courtship.
SPECIES
Horned Grebe (20)
Double-crested Cormorant (3)
Great Blue Heron (16)
Great Egret (1)
Canada Goose (92)
European Mute Swan (2)
Tundra Swan (64)
Gadwall (5)
American Black Duck (27)
Mallard (56)
Northern Shoveler (8)
Northern Pintail (15)
Green-winged Teal (6)
Canvasback (40)
Greater Scaup (50)
Lesser Scaup (156)
Surf Scoter (165)
White-winged Scoter (17)
Long-tailed Duck (26)
Bufflehead (216)
Common Goldeneye (39)
Red-breasted Merganser (21)
Ruddy Duck (207)
Bald Eagle (2)
Killdeer (8)
Sanderling (40)
Purple Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (294)
Wilson's Snipe (1)
Ring-billed Gull (1)
Herring Gull (776)
Great Black-backed Gull (25)
European Starling (5)
American Crow (2)
Tree Swallow (6)
Song Sparrow (8)
Dark-eyed Junco (1)
Red-winged Blackbird (102)
Common Grackle (20)
Boat-tailed Grackle (2)
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
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