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