Hart-Miller Island: 04/03/99
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 06 Apr 1999 23:08:13 -0400
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