[MDOsprey] July 31, 1999
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 01 Aug 1999 17:57:14 -0400
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for July
31, 1999.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0710-1650
AM: Sunny, 80 degrees F., N 5K
PM: Sunny, 95 degrees F., S 5K
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Double-crested Cormorant 8
Great Blue Heron 37
Little Blue Heron 1 (immature)
Canada Goose 23
Mallard 37 (includes 8 downy young)
Osprey 18 (11 adult, 7 juvenile)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER *11
Killdeer 23
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS *1
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS *44 (includes 2 juvenile)
*SOLITARY SANDPIPER *1
Spotted Sandpiper 16 (includes 6 juvenile)
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *1173
*WESTERN SANDPIPER *234
*LEAST SANDPIPER *26 (includes 3 juvenile)
peep sp. 500
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER *26
*STILT SANDPIPER *1
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *1 (hendersoni)
Laughing Gull 4
Ring-billed Gull 207
Herring Gull 28
Great Black-backed Gull 615
Caspian Tern 45 (includes 1 juvenile)
Common Tern 7 (includes 1 juvenile)
Mourning Dove 7
Willow Flycatcher 2
Eastern Kingbird 5
Fish Crow 1
crow sp. 1
Purple Martin 5
Tree Swallow 4
Bank Swallow 52
Cliff Swallow 1
Barn Swallow 70
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Gray Catbird 5
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Song Sparrow 38
Swamp Sparrow 7
Northern Cardinal 1
Bobolink 3
Red-winged Blackbird 66
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 4
MAMMALS
Muskrat 2
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 1 (yellow)
blackish swallowtail sp. 1
Cabbage White 13
Orange Sulphur 12
Variegated Fritillary 1
Monarch 15
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com