Hart-Miller Island: 12/21/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Fri, 01 Jan 1999 17:45:18 -0500


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