Hart-Miller Island: 02/21/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 22 Feb 1998 20:25:09 -0500 

This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, February 21, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Lisa Franke.
The high winds made it a tough day for observations.

Observation: 0810-1640
             Partly Cloudy, 45-50 degrees F., windy W 25K
             
Common Loon                     1
Great Blue Heron                1
American Black Duck             105
Mallard                         612
Northern Pintail                11
Gadwall                         2
American Wigeon                 14
Greater Scaup                   172
Lesser Scaup                    13
scaup sp.                       27,000 (presumedly Greater, but too     
                                        windy to tell)
Bufflehead                      7
Red-breasted Merganser          131
Northern Harrier                7 (1 male, 6 immature)
Peregrine Falcon                2 (adult)
KILLDEER                        5
GREATER YELLOWLEGS              1 (winter plumage)
LEAST SANDPIPER                 7 (winter plumage)
PEEP SP.                        2 (winter plumage, Semipalmated/Western) 
Bonaparte's Gull                311
Ring-billed Gull                45
Herring Gull                    228
Great Black-backed Gull         50
Northern Flicker                4
Carolina Wren                   1
Song Sparrow                    15
Snow Bunting                    15
Red-winged Blackbird            53

Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com