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