08/13/12 � 715am-230pm
Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 66-82 degrees, WNW 3K- ESE 6K
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Howard Patterson, Bob Ringler
Canada Goose � 122
Wood Duck � 2 (immature male, hen)
American Black Duck � 15
Mallard � 106
Blue-winged Teal � 7
Northern Pintail � 1 (hen)
Green-winged Teal � 3
Lesser Scaup � 2 (pair)
Bufflehead � 1 (hen)
Ruddy Duck � 2 (drakes)
Pied-billed Grebe � 22
Double-crested Cormorant � 112
Great Blue Heron � 10
Great Egret � 2
Snowy Egret � 4
Osprey � 10
Bald Eagle � 1
Cooper�s Hawk � 1
Peregrine Falcon � 1
Semipalmated Plover � 8
Killdeer - 10
Spotted Sandpiper � 8
Greater Yellowlegs � 1
*WILLET � 1 (western)
Lesser Yellowlegs � 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper � 49
Least Sandpiper � 4
Peep sp � 12
Laughing Gull � 24
Ring-billed Gull � 80
Herring Gull � 7
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL � 12
Great Black-backed Gull � 15
Caspian Tern � 394
Common Tern � 2
Forster�s Tern � 4
Mourning Dove � 5
Chimney Swift � 7
Belted Kingfisher � 1
Downy Woodpecker � 2
Eastern Kingbird � 8
N. Rough-winged Swallow � 1
Purple Martin � 5
Tree Swallow � 33
Bank Swallow � 83
Barn Swallow � 48
Swallow sp � 400 (way out at North Cell)
Carolina Chickadee � 5
Carolina Wren � 6
Marsh Wren � 1
Gray Catbird � 5
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher � 1
European Starling � 45
Cedar Waxwing � 2
Yellow Warbler � 2
Common Yellowthroat � 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler � 1 (previous early record for Baltimore Co was
2 at White Marsh on Aug 20, 1963)
Prairie Warbler � 1 (previous early record for Hart-Miller Island is
Aug 5, 2000)
Song Sparrow � 2
Swamp Sparrow � 2
Northern Cardinal � 6
Blue Grosbeak � 6
*BOBOLINK � 7
Red-winged Blackbird � 298
Brown-headed Cowbird � 6
Orchard Oriole � 3
House Finch � 12
American Goldfinch � 17
B-17 FLYING FORTRESS � 1 (made several passes overhead, Bob made me
put it there)
SPECIES: 67 (not include the bomber)
INDIVIDUALS: 2082
AMPHIBIANS
Fowler�s Toad � 2
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail � 1
Black Swallowtail � 1
Spicebush Swallowtail � 1
Cabbage White � 2
Checkered White � 1
Orange Sulphur � 11
Sleepy Orange � 1
Little Yellow � 1
Cloudless Sulphur � 11
Gray Hairstreak � 3
Eastern Tailed Blue � 4
Variegated Fritillary � 1
Pearl Crescent � 8
Question Mark � 1
Painted Lady � 2
Common Buckeye � 8
Red-spotted Purple � 1
Monarch � 29
Least Skipper � 2
Silver-spotted Skipper � 1
Sachem � 11
Zabulon Skipper - 5
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner � 20
Needham�s Skimmer � 35
Great Blue Skimmer � 1 (male, not sure how rare up here)
Four-spotted Pennant � 11
Slaty Skimmer � 1
Eastern Pondhawk � 2
Eastern Amberwing � 1
Carolina Saddlebags � 8
Black Saddlebags � 25
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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