Hart-Miller Island: 12/14/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:33:00 -0500 

This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
December 14, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0710-1415
             AM: Sunny, 35 degrees F., N 25K
             PM: Sunny, 50 degrees F., N 25K
 
 Common Loon                     1
 Great Blue Heron                1
 American Black Duck             16
 Mallard                         100
 Gadwall                         2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Bufflehead                      24 (12 male, 12 female)
 Northern Harrier                8 (1 male, 1 female, 6 immature)
 Cooper's Hawk                   1 (immature)
 Red-tailed Hawk                 2 (1 adult, 1 immature)
 American Kestrel                2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Peregrine Falcon                1 (immature)
 Ring-billed Gull                5
 Herring Gull                    8
 Great Black-backed Gull         6
 Mourning Dove                   11
 Red-bellied Woodpecker          2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Downy Woodpecker                2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Northern Flicker                1 (Yellow-shafted, female)
 Carolina Chickadee              2
 Tufted Titmouse                 1
 Carolina Wren                   3
 Golden-crowned Kinglet          2
 European Starling               285
 American Tree Sparrow           6
*IPSWICH SPARROW                *1 (fourth Island record)
                                       12/14/98 - 1  
                                       02/01/98 - 1
                                       11/16/96 - 1
                                       11/??/9? - 1 (M. O'Brien)
 Song Sparrow                    22
 White-throated Sparrow          7
*SNOW BUNTING                   *103
 Red-winged Blackbird            13
 American Goldfinch              3

MAMMALS
 Muskrat                         (fresh tracks)
 Red Fox                         (fresh tracks)
 Raccoon                         (fresh tracks)

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com