This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for August 7, 1999. The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Greg Futral. Observation: 0710-1520 AM: Sunny, 70 degrees F., N 10K PM: Sunny, 90 degrees F., S 10K Conditions very dry; minimal shorebird habitat (*SPECIES OF INTEREST) Double-crested Cormorant 21 Great Blue Heron 16 Mallard 91 (includes 17 downy young) Osprey 30 *NORTHERN HARRIER *1 (first immature of season) Red-tailed Hawk 1 Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult) *SEMIPALMATED PLOVER *7 Killdeer 16 (includes 1 downy young) *LESSER YELLOWLEGS *20 Spotted Sandpiper 34 *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *13 *WESTERN SANDPIPER *2 *LEAST SANDPIPER *66 (includes 11 juvenile) *WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER *1 *PECTORAL SANDPIPER *3 *SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *2 (juvenile) Laughing Gull 13 (includes 2 juvenile) Ring-billed Gull 177 Herring Gull 91 *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL *3 (2 2nd-S, 1 2nd-S to 3rd-W) Great Black-backed Gull 923 Caspian Tern 35 Mourning Dove 8 Willow Flycatcher 1 Great Crested Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 7 (includes 4 juvenile) Tree Swallow 3 Bank Swallow 24 Barn Swallow 48 Carolina Wren 2 Marsh Wren 2 European Starling 51 Yellow Warbler 1 Common Yellowthroat 3 Song Sparrow 47 Swamp Sparrow 9 Northern Cardinal 1 (male) Bobolink 11 Red-winged Blackbird 51 House Finch 3 American Goldfinch 5 MAMMALS Muskrat 4 Red Fox fresh tracks Raccoon 1 BUTTERFLIES Cabbage White 10 Orange Sulphur 8 Little Yellow 2 Monarch 8 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com