Bird Blitz 2009: Poplar Creek
Lee Ramsey created this detailed habitat map of Birds of Concern at Poplar Creek. Counts of the birds in each habitat unit follow the map. (You may wish to 
download a larger map & bird counts suitable for printing.)
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 1) | ||||||||||||||
| Birds of Concern | Habitat Unit | |||||||||||||
| A1 | A2 | A3 | A4 | A5 | A6 | A7 | A8 | A9 | A10 | A11 | A12 | A13 | A14 | |
| Henslow’s Sparrow | ||||||||||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | ||||||||||||||
| Bobolink | ||||||||||||||
| Sedge Wren | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ||||||||||||||
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Field Sparrow | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Orchard Oriole | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | ||||||||||||||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Flicker | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | ||||||||||||||
| Wood Thrush | ||||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 2) | |||||||||||||
| Birds of Concern | Habitat Unit | ||||||||||||
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B4 | B5 | B6 | B7 | B8 | B9 | B10 | B11 | B12 | B13 | |
| Henslow’s Sparrow | |||||||||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bobolink | |||||||||||||
| Sedge Wren | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brown Thrasher | |||||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Field Sparrow | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Orchard Oriole | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | |||||||||||||
| Northern Flicker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Wood Thrush | |||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 3) | ||||
| Birds of Concern | Habitat Unit | |||
| C10 | C11 | C13 | C14 | |
| Henslow’s Sparrow | ||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | ||||
| Bobolink | ||||
| Sedge Wren | ||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | ||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ||||
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | 1 | ||
| Willow Flycatcher | ||||
| Field Sparrow | 4 | 3 | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 1 | |||
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 | |||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | ||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | ||||
| Northern Flicker | 1 | 1 | ||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | ||||
| Wood Thrush | ||||
| Marsh Wren | 2 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 4) | |||||||||||||||
| Birds of Concern | Habitat Unit | ||||||||||||||
| D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | D6 | D7 | D8 | D9 | D10 | D11 | D12 | D13 | D14 | D15 | |
| Henslow’s Sparrow | |||||||||||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | |||||||||||||||
| Bobolink | |||||||||||||||
| Sedge Wren | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | |||||||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Field Sparrow | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||
| Orchard Oriole | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | |||||||||||||||
| Northern Flicker | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Wood Thrush | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 5) | ||||||||||||||
| Birds of Concern | Habitat Unit | |||||||||||||
| E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | |
| Henslow’s Sparrow | 4 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Bobolink | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Sedge Wren | ||||||||||||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Brown Thrasher | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | ||||||||||||||
| Field Sparrow | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Orchard Oriole | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | ||||||||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Northern Flicker | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Wood Thrush | ||||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | ||||||||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz Counts (Part 6) | |||||||||||||
| Birds of Cncern | Habitat Unit | Species Totals |
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| F1 | F2 | F3 | F10 | F5 | F6 | F7 | F8 | F9 | F10 | F11 | F12 | ||
| Henslow’s Sparrow | 18 | ||||||||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | 13 | ||||||||||||
| Bobolink | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Sedge Wren | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Meadowlark | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Brown Thrasher | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | 5 | 26 | |||||||||||
| Field Sparrow | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 124 | ||||||||
| Orchard Oriole | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Yellow-Billed Cuckoo | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Northern Flicker | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | ||||||||
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 6 | ||||||||||||
| Wood Thrush | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 293 |
2009 Points of Interest:
- A surprisingly large number of Field Sparrows were observed during the Blitz. This species local population has been declining in recent years.
- Henslow’s and Grasshopper sparrows were observed in large numbers in grassland areas that have not been burned recently.
- Wood Thrush numbers were unexpectedly low. Only one Wood Thrush was observed in the whole preserve during the blitz.
Note:
The following Birds of Concern were not observed during the 2009 Poplar Creek Bird Blitz.
| Dicksissel | Loggerhead Shrike | Red Headed Woodpecker |
| Short-eared Owl | Northern Bobwhite | Veery |
| Northern Harrier | Bell’s Vireo | Chimney Swift |
| Western Meadowlark | Blue-winged Warbler | Louisiana Waterthrush |
| Vesper Sparrow | Wilson’s Phalarope | Prothonotary Warbler |
| Common Tern | Yellow-crowned Night-heron | Bald Eagle |
| American Bittern | Black Tern | Yellow-headed Blackbird |
| Black-crowned Nigh-heron | Black Rail | Forster’s Tern |
| Common Moorhen | King Rail | Little Blue Heron |
| Least Bittern | Piping Plover | Osprey |
| Sandhill Crane | Yellow-breasted Chat | Snowy Egret |
| Swainson’s Hawk | Whip-Poor-Will | |
| Upland Sandpiper | Cerulean Warbler |
