Hart-Miller Island: 08/08/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:21:34 -0400
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
Saturday, August 8, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Don Burggraf.
Observation: 0710-1650
AM: Cloudy, 65 degrees F., NE 15K
PM: Sunny, 85 degrees F., NE 15K
NOTE: Very dry conditions, minimal shorebird habitat
Double-crested Cormorant 14
Great Blue Heron 10
Mallard 22 (including 4 young)
Osprey 19
Northern Harrier 2
American Kestrel 1 (female)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
Semipalmated Plover 2
Killdeer 37
Lesser Yellowlegs 7
Spotted Sandpiper 19
Semipalmated Sandpiper 64
Western Sandpiper 10
Least Sandpiper 46
peep sp. 23
Laughing Gull 81
Ring-billed Gull 619
Herring Gull 340
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 (1st-summer to 2nd-winter)
Great Black-backed Gull 646
Caspian Tern 160
Common Tern 4
Forster's Tern 2
small tern sp. 3
Mourning Dove 14
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 7
Purple Martin 1
Bank Swallow 8
Barn Swallow 40
crow sp. 2
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 137
Yellow Warbler 2
Common Yellowthroat 1
Indigo Bunting 2
Song Sparrow 29
Swamp Sparrow 5
Red-winged Blackbird 159
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 14
MAMMALS
Muskrat 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
hairstreak sp.
Monarch
skipper sp.
DRAGONFLIES
Seaside Dragonlet
Wandering Glider
Black-mantled Glider
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com