Heavy fog throughout the day make birding difficult till after 2pm fog
partly lift off and we were able to scope out for waterfowl and other
birds.
12/10/12 � 725am-255pm
Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Heavy fog/fog, 46-55 degrees, calm- WSW 3 mph
OBSERVERS: Ed Boyd, Jared Fisher, Kevin Graff, Bob Ringler, Jim Stasz
Snow Goose � X (flocks heaRd calling way up, unable to see through thick fog)
Canada Goose � 29
Tundra Swan � 3
Gadwall � 142
American Black Duck � 35
Mallard � 56
American Black Duck X Mallard � 1 (hybrid)
Northern Pintail � 2
Green-winged Teal � 135
Ring-necked Duck � 2
Greater Scaup � 3
Lesser Scaup � 19
Bufflehead � 18
Hooded Merganser � 8
Common Merganser � 5
Ruddy Duck � 240
Common Loon � 2
Double-crested Cormorant � 3
Great Blue Heron � 2
Northern Harrier � 2
Peregrine Falcon � 2
*VIRGINIA RAIL � 8
American Coot � 3
Killdeer � 1
Bonaparte's Gull � 3 (Ed B, Kevin G)
Ring-billed Gull � 8
Herring Gull � 3
Great Black-backed Gull � 5
Mourning Dove � 6
Belted Kingfisher � 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker � 2
Downy Woodpecker � 2
Horned Lark � 1
Carolina Chickadee � 4
Tufted Titmouse � 1
Carolina Wren � 7
Winter Wren � 1
Marsh Wren � 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet � 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet � 1
Northern Mockingbird � 1
European Starling � 35
*COMMON YELLOWTHROAT � 2
Eastern Towhee � 1
*AMERICAN TREE SPARROW � 1
Field Sparrow � 4
Savannah Sparrow � 8
Fox Sparrow � 2
Song Sparrow � 250
Swamp Sparrow � 95
White-throated Sparrow � 35
�Slate-colored� Junco � 10
Northern Cardinal � 7
Red-winged Blackbird � 37
*YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRD � 1 (adult male continuing)
American Goldfinch � 13
SPECIES: 55
INDIVIDUALS: 1272
MAMMALS
Coyote � 1 (seen briefly by couple of observers)
Red Fox (fresh tracks)
Raccoon (fresh tracks)
White-tailed Deer (fresh tracks)
MOTHS
Virginian Tiger Moth � 5 (Woolly Bear)
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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