Hart-Miler Island: 04/24/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:26:21 -0400
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Friday, April 24, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0715-1700
AM: Partly sunny, 50 degrees F., W 15K
PM: Sunny, 75 degrees F., SW 15K
Common Loon 4 (breeding plumage)
Horned Grebe 2 (transitional plumage)
Double-crested Cormorant 10
Great Blue Heron 6
*CATTLE EGRET *3 (flyby)
Canada Goose 1
Mallard 69
Blue-winged Teal 8 (3 male, 5 female)
Osprey 16
Northern Harrier 1 (immature)
Peregrine Falcon 2 (adult)
Virginia Rail 3
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER *2 (arrival; transitional plumage)
Killdeer 25
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS *6 (arrival)
*WESTERN SANDPIPER *4 (arrival precedes "Yellow Book"
arrival date; breeding plumage)
Least Sandpiper 67
Dunlin 8
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 3
Herring Gull 112
Great Black-backed Gull 9
Caspian Tern 441
Mourning Dove 2
Eastern Kingbird 1 (arrival)
Tree Swallow 16
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2 (arrival)
Barn Swallow 9
Blue Jay 1
Fish Crow 7
crow sp. 7
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 2 (arrival)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 (arrival)
American Robin 1
Gray Catbird 2 (arrival)
Brown Thrasher 1 (arrival)
European Starling 12
Common Yellowthroat 7
Northern Cardinal 1
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 60
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 12
Red-winged Blackbird 67
Brown-headed Cowbird 2
American Goldfinch 4
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com