This is the report from Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) for July 10, 1998. The observer was Rick Blom. (Coverage was on the same route as covered by Gene Scarpulla in his regular weekly surveys. During the fall migration, Gene and I will be doing several "consecutive day" surveys. We will be looking at differences in species occurences and numbers between the two days, especially when a front has moved through overnight.) Observation: 0730-1430 Sunny, pleasant, and breezy. Viewing conditions excellent. Double-crested Cormorant 19 Great Blue Heron 42 Canada Goose 7 Mallard 156 Red-breasted Merganser 1 (male) Osprey 14 Killdeer 46 *GREATER YELLOWLEGS *7 (adult, fall arrival) Lesser Yellowlegs 15 (adult) yellowlegs sp. 6 Spotted Sandpiper 21 (including 5 juveniles) Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 (adult) *WESTERN SANDPIPER *2 (adult, fall arrival) Least Sandpiper 59 (including 1 nonbreeding adult) peep sp. 60 Pectoral Sandpiper 8 (5 adult male in breeding plumage 3 unknown) *SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *2 (adult hendersoni, breeding plumage, fall arrival) Ring-billed Gull 262 Herring Gull 142 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (1st-summer) Great Black-backed Gull 171 Caspian Tern 53 Common Tern 1 (breeding plumage) Forster's Tern 3 (breeding plumage) Mourning Dove 8 Willow Flycatcher 4 Great Crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 8 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 53 Bank Swallow 9 Barn Swallow 185 House Wren 4 Marsh Wren 17 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 30 Yellow Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 16 Blue Grosbeak 1 (male) Eastern Towhee 1 Song Sparrow 53 (including 2 juvenile) Swamp Sparrow 16 Red-winged Blackbird 120 Common Grackle 2 House Finch 1 (male) American Goldfinch 9 Rick Blom "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive." Josephine Tey Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland