This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for December 21, 1998. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0715-1430 AM: Cloudy, 45 degrees F., NE 1K PM: Foggy, 55 degrees F., S 10K Great Blue Heron 4 Canada Goose 3 (flyover) American Black Duck 12 Mallard 108 Northern Pintail 1 (female) Gadwall 1 (male) Bufflehead 45 (22 male, 23 female) Northern Harrier 4 (immature) Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature) Ring-billed Gull 16 Herring Gull 18 Great Black-backed Gull 15 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 (1 male, 1 female) American Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 3 European Starling 122 Song Sparrow 38 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 9 sparrow sp. 15 Snow Bunting 20 Red-winged Blackbird 2 American Goldfinch 5 MAMMALS Muskrat (fresh tracks) Red Fox (fresh tracks & scat) Raccoon (fresh tracks) Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com