Hart-Miller Island: 07/06/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 06 Jul 1998 22:24:49 -0400
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
Monday, July 6, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0715-1500
AM: Sunny, 60 degrees F., NE 10K
PM: Sunny, 90 degrees F., SE 5K
Common Loon 1 (non-breeding plumage)
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 27
Great Egret 1 (flyover)
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 (1 adult, 1 juvenile)
Canada Goose 6 (adult)
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 97
Blue-winged Teal 1 (male)
*RED-BREASTED MERGANSER *1 (male)
Osprey 22 (16 adult, 6 nestling)
Northern Harrier 1 (female)
Killdeer 22
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS *5 (adult, fall arrival)
Spotted Sandpiper 25 (18 adult, 7 juvenile)
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *2 (adult, fall arrival)
Least Sandpiper 43 (adult)
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER *1 (adult, fall arrival)
Ring-billed Gull 534
Herring Gull 198
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL *4 (3 1st-summer, 1 adult summer)
Great Black-backed Gull 433
Caspian Tern 92
Mourning Dove 11
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Willow Flycatcher 5
Eastern Kingbird 6
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 29
Barn Swallow 73
Fish Crow 4
Carolina Wren 1
House Wren 6
Marsh Wren 13
American Robin 6 (4 adult, 2 juvenile)
Gray Catbird 1 (1 adult, 1 juvenile)
European Starling 19
Common Yellowthroat 13
Northern Cardinal 1
Blue Grosbeak 2 (male)
Song Sparrow 57
Swamp Sparrow 8
Red-winged Blackbird 126
Common Grackle 1 (Purple)
House Finch 8
American Goldfinch 5
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com