Hart-Miller Island: 03/15/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 15 Mar 1998 23:05:19 -0500 

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

Observation: 0710-1700
             Mostly Sunny, 30-50 degrees F., Windy NW 20K
             
*RED-THROATED LOON               4
 Double-crested Cormorant        9
 Great Blue Heron                3
 American Black Duck             64
 Mallard                         129
 Northern Pintail                185
 Greater Scaup                   1613
 Lesser Scaup                    303
 scaup sp.                       7200
 Bufflehead                      10
 Red-breasted Merganser          3 (2 male, 1 female)
 Bald Eagle                      2 (adult)
 Northern Harrier                6 (1 male, 1 female, 4 immature)
 Peregrine Falcon                2 (adult)
 Killdeer                        8
*LEAST SANDPIPER                 6 (winter plumage)
 Bonaparte's Gull                51
 Ring-billed Gull                24
 Herring Gull                    127
 Great Black-backed Gull         27
 Mourning Dove                   3
 Great Horned Owl                1
 Northern Flicker                2 (Yellow-shafted)
 American Crow                   3
 Fish Crow                       3
 Carolina Wren                   1
 Song Sparrow                    46
 Dark-eyed Junco                 16 (Slate-colored)
 Red-winged Blackbird            26
 American Goldfinch              2

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com