Hart-Miller Island: 01/23/99
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 24 Jan 1999 21:40:29 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
January 23, 1999. [part of the Baltimore Mid-Winter Bird Count]
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Ralph Cullison.
Observation: 0720-1705
AM: Heavy fog, 45 degrees F., NE 10K
PM: Mostly sunny, 65 degrees F., SE 20K
Red-throated Loon 1
Horned Grebe 2
Canada Goose 117 (flyover)
American Black Duck 91
Mallard 291
Northern Pintail 3 (male)
Canvasback 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Bufflehead 25 (10 male, 15 female)
Common Goldeneye 64 (41 male, 23 female)
Northern Harrier 5 (immature)
American Kestrel 3 (2 male, 1 female)
*VIRGINIA RAIL *4
Killdeer 3
Bonaparte's Gull 72
Ring-billed Gull 137
Herring Gull 42
Great Black-backed Gull 8
Mourning Dove 111
*SHORT-EARED OWL *2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 10
American Robin 2
*AMERICAN PIPIT *4
European Starling 43
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (Myrtle)
American Tree Sparrow 18
Savannah Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 124
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 13
Dark-eyed Junco 1 (Slate-colored)
*SNOW BUNTING *17
Red-winged Blackbird 34
American Goldfinch 1
MAMMALS
Red Fox (fresh tracks & scat)
Raccoon (fresh tracks)
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com