The Talbot Bird Club sponsored a trip to Poplar Island on April 11th.
2 American Oystercatchers are continuing at Tilghman Back Creek Park,
easily seen from the deck.
The highlights on the island were Blue-winged Teal, Northern Gannet,
American Bittern,  Black-necked Stilt, Long-billed Dowitcher, and
Short-eared Owl. Recently arriving were Snowy Egrets, Willet, Semipalmated
Plover, Semipalmated Sandpiper, and Pectoral Sandpiper.
Thanks to Vince De Sanctis for arranging the trip. The complete list is
below.


Poplar Island, Talbot, US-MD
Apr 11, 2012 9:10 AM - 1:15 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.0 mile(s)
51 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  8
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  2
American Black Duck  28
Mallard  175
Blue-winged Teal  3
Northern Shoveler  114
Green-winged Teal (American)  205
Lesser Scaup  90
Surf Scoter  5
Bufflehead  2
Ruddy Duck  210
Common Loon  6
Horned Grebe  51
Northern Gannet  3
Double-crested Cormorant  825
American Bittern  1
Great Blue Heron  20
Great Egret  5
Snowy Egret  11
Black-crowned Night-Heron  1
Osprey  10
Bald Eagle  4
Northern Harrier  1
American Coot  16
Black-bellied Plover  1
Semipalmated Plover  1
Killdeer  18
Black-necked Stilt  2     Long legged black and white shorebird with a long
neck and fine pointed bill.
Greater Yellowlegs  1
Willet (Eastern)  1     Brownish. Saw the bold white stripe in wings when
it flew.
Lesser Yellowlegs  12
Sanderling  18
Semipalmated Sandpiper  30
Least Sandpiper  2
Pectoral Sandpiper  1
Dunlin  255     Best count
peep sp.  50     too far to confirm id.
Short-billed Dowitcher  8
Long-billed Dowitcher  1     Dowitcher with an obvious hump on the back.
Wilson's Snipe  15
Bonaparte's Gull  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull (American)  80
Great Black-backed Gull  24
Short-eared Owl  1     The bus flushed it from the rock jetty about 200
yards north of the boat dock. Moth like flight over water. Large head,
black comma on underside of wings, large buffy patch on top of wing.
Fish Crow  1
crow sp.  6
Purple Martin  9
Tree Swallow  40
Barn Swallow  3
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150

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-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD

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