03/11/13 � 715am-3pm
Hart-Miller Island, Essex, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Fog/PC, 42-52 degrees, SE 4K- ESE 4K
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Bob Ringler
Canada Goose � 151
Tundra Swan � 60
Gadwall � 59
American Black Duck � 46
Mallard � 69
Northern Shoveler � 63
Northern Pintail � 42
Green-winged Teal � 123
*CANVASBACK � 2 (pair)
Ring-necked Duck � 8
Greater Scaup � 1
Lesser Scaup � 228
Scaup sp � 5
Bufflehead � 43
Hooded Merganser � 17
Red-breasted Merganser � 26
Ruddy Duck � 2598
Pied-billed Grebe � 1
Double-crested Cormorant � 19
Great Blue Heron � 12
*OSPREY � 3
Northern Harrier � 2
Merlin � 1
Peregrine Falcon � 1
American Coot � 54
Killdeer � 13
*AMERICAN AVOCET � 2 (Tie MD 2nd earliest record)
Greater Yellowlegs � 1
Wilson�s Snipe � 6
Ring-billed Gull � 18
Herring Gull � 3
Great Black-backed Gull � 4
Mourning Dove � 1
Belted Kingfisher � 1
Northern Flicker � 2
*EASTERN PHOEBE � 1
Crow sp � 2
Horned Lark � 2 (possible 3)
*TREE SWALLOW � 8
Carolina Chickadee � 1
Tufted Titmouse � 1
Carolina Wren � 6
Marsh Wren � 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet � 1
*EASTERN BLUEBIRD � 1 (female, uncommon on the island)
American Robin � 77
Northern Mockingbird � 1
European Starling � 35
American Pipit � 2
Eastern Towhee � 1
Field Sparrow � 1
Savannah Sparrow � 8
Fox Sparrow � 1
Song Sparrow � 140
Swamp Sparrow � 14
White-throated Sparrow � 9
�Slate-colored� Junco � 10
Northern Cardinal � 7
Red-winged Blackbird � 440
*EASTERN MEADOWLARK � 1
*RUSTY BLACKBIRD � 1 (male, along unpaved road at east side of North Cell)
Common Grackle � 155
Brown-headed Cowbird � 1
SPECIES: 61
INDIVIDUALS: 4613
MAMMALS
Red Fox � 1
Raccoon � 1
White-tailed Deer (fresh tracks)
AMPHIBIANS
Spring Peeper - dozens
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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