Hart-Miller Island: 12/06/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 09 Dec 1997 22:39:51 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, December 6, 1997.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0715-1500
cloudy to sunny, 30-40 degrees F.
Windy, W 20K (few birds heard or seen)
Double-crested Cormorant 1
American Black Duck 47
Mallard 112
Gadwall 5 (2 male, 3 female)
Bufflehead 18 (11 male, 7 female)
Red-breasted Merganser 1 (female)
Ruddy Duck 9 (3 male, 6 female)
Northern Harrier 3 (1 male, 2 juvenile)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature)
Red-tailed Hawk 1 (adult)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
Bonaparte's Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 99
Herring Gull 36
Great Black-backed Gull 11
Great Horned Owl 1
European Starling 95
Northern Cardinal 2
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
Snow Bunting 58
Red-winged Blackbird 7
American Goldfinch 5