Hart-Miller Island: 06/28/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 11:17:10 -0400 

This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
Sunday, June 28, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0715-1445
             AM: Cloudy, 60 degrees F., NE 15K
             PM: Sunny, 85 degrees F., E 10K

 Double-crested Cormorant        20
 Great Blue Heron                44
 Canada Goose                    6 (adult)
 American Black Duck             10
 Mallard                         137 (63 male, 43 female, 31 young)
*RUDDY DUCK                     *1 (male, breeding plumage)
 Osprey                          22 (including 5 nestlings)
 Killdeer                        45
 Spotted Sandpiper               8
*LEAST SANDPIPER                *53 (fall arrival)
 White-rumped Sandpiper          1 (injured leg)
 Dunlin                          1 (injured leg)
 Ring-billed Gull                289
 Herring Gull                    385
 Great Black-backed Gull         504
 Caspian Tern                    52
 Mourning Dove                   10
 Downy Woodpecker                1
 Willow Flycatcher               1
 Eastern Kingbird                5
 Tree Swallow                    16
 Barn Swallow                    76
 Fish Crow                       4
 Carolina Wren                   1
 House Wren                      6
 Marsh Wren                      12
 Gray Catbird                    1
 European Starling               28
 Yellow Warbler                  6
 Common Yellowthroat             16
 Song Sparrow                    52
 Swamp Sparrow                   9
 Red-winged Blackbird            154
 Common Grackle                  1 (Purple)
 Orchard Oriole                  1
 House Finch                     2
 American Goldfinch              4

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com