Hart-Miller Island: 02/15/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 16 Feb 1998 22:44:14 -0500 

This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Sunday, February 15, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0715-1700
             Sunny, 25-45 degrees F., winds NE 5K
             
Mute Swan                       2
Green-winged Teal               6
American Black Duck             72
Mallard                         349
Northern Pintail                156
Gadwall                         51
Greater Scaup                   35,000
Lesser Scaup                    13
scaup sp.                       10,000
Common Goldeneye                9
Bufflehead                      36
Red-breasted Merganser          1 (female)
Ruddy Duck                      1 (male)
Northern Harrier                5 (1 male, 4 immature)
Red-tailed Hawk                 1 (adult)
KILLDEER                        3
WESTERN SANDPIPER               1 (winter plumage)
LEAST SANDPIPER                 7 (winter plumage)
Bonaparte's Gull                200
Ring-billed Gull                282
Herring Gull                    436
Great Black-backed Gull         89
Mourning Dove                   9
Carolina Chickadee              2
White-breasted Nuthatch         1
Carolina Wren                   1
European Starling               57
American Tree Sparrow           16
Song Sparrow                    115
Snow Bunting                    50
Red-winged Blackbird            153
American Goldfinch              17

Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com