Hart-Miller Island: 12/21/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 22 Dec 1997 19:33:21 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Sunday, December 21, 1997.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0720-1700
Sunny, 25-45 degrees F.
Great Cormorant 1 (1st year)
Great Blue Heron 1
Canada Goose 81
American Black Duck 63
Mallard 75 (40 male, 35 female)
Gadwall 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Common Goldeneye 1 (male)
Bufflehead 18 (6 male, 8 female, 4 1st winter male)
Red-breasted Merganser 1 (female)
Northern Harrier 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 immature)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature)
Ring-billed Gull 107
Herring Gull 125
Great Black-backed Gull 14
Mourning Dove 15
Great Horned Owl 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1 (Yellow-shafted)
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 6
American Pipit 1
European Starling 171
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 (Myrtle)
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 46
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 8 (Slate-colored)
Snow Bunting 74
Red-winged Blackbird 81
American Goldfinch 10
Red Fox 1