This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for April 3, 1999. The observers were Gene Scarpulla, Ralph Cullison, John Churchill, Joe McDaniel, and Carol McDaniel. Observation: 0720-1700 AM: Cloudy, 45 degrees F., SE 5K PM: Sunny, 65 degrees F., SE 15K Red-throated Loon 17 (fly over) Common Loon 1 Horned Grebe 7 Double-crested Cormorant 42 Great Blue Heron 10 Turkey Vulture 2 Canada Goose 10 Mute Swan 2 (1st-spring) American Wigeon 1 (male) Mallard 59 (32 male, 27 female) Blue-winged Teal 2 (1 male, 1 female) Northern Shoveler 2 (1 male, 1 female) Ring-necked Duck 3 (1 male, 2 female) Greater Scaup 1 (male) Lesser Scaup 83 (49 male, 34 female) Bufflehead 47 (15 male, 32 female) Osprey 12 Northern Harrier 4 (immature) Cooper's Hawk 1 American Kestrel 2 (male) Peregrine Falcon 2 (adult) Killdeer 10 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Least Sandpiper 1 *LITTLE GULL *3 (1 1st-winter, 2 adult winter) Bonaparte's Gull 521 Ring-billed Gull 4 Herring Gull 133 Great Black-backed Gull 87 Mourning Dove 11 *SHORT-EARED OWL *1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 5 (Yellow-shafted) American Crow 1 Fish Crow 3 Tree Swallow 14 Barn Swallow 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 2 American Robin 3 European Starling 2 Eastern Towhee 1 (male) American Tree Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 2 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 64 Swamp Sparrow 1 White-throated Sparrow 2 White-crowned Sparrow 7 Northern Cardinal 4 Red-winged Blackbird 107 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 10 American Goldfinch 2 MAMMALS Muskrat 2 Raccoon (fresh tracks) BUTTERFLIES Cabbage White 3 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com