08/06/12 � 715am-3pm
Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 77-87 degrees, W 5K- N 3K
OBSERVERS: Tim Carney, Jon Corcoran, Kevin Graff, Bob Ringler
Canada Goose � 18
Wood Duck � 1
Gadwall � 2
American Black Duck � 4
Mallard � 96
Blue-winged Teal � 1
Green-winged Teal � 12
Lesser Scaup � 1 (drake)
Bufflehead � 1 (brief look as it swam into cover)
Ruddy Duck � 1
Pied-billed Grebe � 20 (4 nests occupied)
Double-crested Cormorant � 53
Great Blue Heron � 14
Snowy Egret � 1
Osprey � 12
Bald Eagle � 1 (immature)
Cooper�s Hawk � 1
Peregrine Falcon � 2
Semipalmated Plover � 2
Killdeer � 3
*AMERICAN AVOCET � 4
Spotted Sandpiper � 3
Greater Yellowlegs � 3
Lesser Yellowlegs � 4
Semipalmated Sandpiper � 46
Western Sandpiper � 1
Least Sandpiper � 40
White-rumped Sandpiper � 1
Peep sp � 9
Laughing Gull � 22
Ring-billed Gull � 107
Herring Gull � 7
*LESSER BACK-BACKED GULL � 5 (3 1st summer, 2 3rd summer)
Great Black-backed Gull � 171
Caspian Tern � 369
Common Tern � 3
Forster�s Tern � 2
*ROYAL TERN � 3 (2 adults, 1 juvenile)
Mourning Dove � 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo � 3
*GREAT HORNED OWL � 2 (pair flushed along nature trail, tough to find
during summer season)
Chimney Swift � 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird � 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker � 1
Downy Woodpecker � 2
Eastern Kingbird � 13
N. Rough-winged Swallow � 2
Purple Martin � 28
Tree Swallow � 8
Bank Swallow � 44
Barn Swallow � 39
Carolina Chickadee � 4
Carolina Wren � 5
Marsh Wren � 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher � 2
Gray Catbird � 7
European Starling � 86
Cedar Waxwing � 1
Common Yellowthroat � 15
Yellow Warbler � 9
American Redstart � 1 (immature male)
Song Sparrow � 2
Swamp Sparrow � 3
Northern Cardinal � 9
Blue Grosbeak � 10
Indigo Bunting � 4
Bobolink � 2
Red-winged Blackbird � 192
Brown-headed Cowbird � 11
Orchard Oriole � 7
House Finch � 11
American Goldfinch � 13
SPECIES: 71
INDIVIDUALS: 1601
MAMMALS
Red Fox � 1 (in distance)
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle � 1
AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog � 1
BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail � 2
Orange Sulphur � 2
Little Yellow � 2
Cloudless Sulphur � 2
Pearl crescent � 9
Common Buckeye � 20
Red-spotted Purple � 1
Monarch � 8
Eastern Tailed Blue � 1
Gray Hairstreak � 1
American Snout � 1
Zabulon Skipper � 7
Least Skipper � 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner � 10
Neddham�s Skimmer � 40
Four-spotted Pennant � 10
Slaty Skimmer � 1
Eastern Pondhawk � 7
Carolina Saddlebags � 2
Black Saddlebags � 10
DAMSELFLIES
Lack of time
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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