Date:         Sun, 21 May 2000 17:14:04 -0400
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From:         "Eugene J. Scarpulla" <gscarp@EROLS.COM>
Subject:      Hart-Miller Island: 05/20/00
Comments: To: Dave Brinker <dbrinker@dnr.state.md.us>,
          Donna Finnegan <toadlady@fls.infi.net>,
          Jim & Denise Potyraj <d.potyraj@worldnet.att.net>,
          Jim Stasz <Jlstasz@aol.com>, John Wilson <jfwilson@dnr.state.md.us>,
          Steve Kopecky <steven.kopecky@usace.army.mil>,
          Voice of the Naturalist <voice@capaccess.org>
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Observations at Hart-Miller Island
May 20, 2000
0710-1500
AM: cloudy, drizzle, 55 degrees, winds NE 15K
PM: cloudy, drizzle, 55 degrees, winds NE 15K
Observer: Gene Scarpulla


*SPECIES OF NOTE

 Double-crested Cormorant     18
 Great Blue Heron             24
*GLOSSY IBIS                 *1
 Canada Goose                 34 (incl. 9 downy young)
 Gadwall                      1 (male)
 American Black Duck          6
 Mallard                      84 (55 M, 24 F, 5 dy)
 Green-winged Teal            1 (male)
 Greater Scaup                1 (male)
 Ruddy Duck                   5 (2 male, 3 female)
 Osprey                       12
 Northern Harrier             1 (immature)
 American Coot                1
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER         *17
 Killdeer                     11
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS           *57
*WILLET                      *2 (EASTERN)
 Spotted Sandpiper            10
*RUDDY TURNSTONE             *8
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER      *1438
*LEAST SANDPIPER             *37
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER      *14
*DUNLIN                      *639
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER      *11
*WILSON'S PHALAROPE          *1 (MALE)
*RED-NECKED PHALAROPE        *1 (FEMALE)
 Laughing Gull                1
 Ring-billed Gull             140
 Herring Gull                 854
*ICELAND GULL                 *1 (1ST-SUMMER)
 Great Black-backed Gull      198
 Caspian Tern                 118
 Mourning Dove                4
 Chimney Swift                1
 Northern Flicker             1
 Willow Flycatcher            2
 Great Crested Flycatcher     1
 Eastern Kingbird             3
 American Crow                1
 Fish Crow                    1
 crow sp.                     2
 Tree Swallow                 16
 Barn Swallow                 95
 House Wren                   1
 Marsh Wren                   3
 Gray Catbird                 2
 European Starling            2
 Yellow Warbler               6
 Blackpoll Warbler            1
 Common Yellowthroat          4
 Eastern Towhee               3
 Song Sparrow                 10
 Northern Cardinal            1
 Red-winged Blackbird         146
 Common Grackle               9 (Purple; incl. 2 juv.)
 Baltimore Oriole             1 (male)
 American Goldfinch           2

MAMMALS
 Raccoon                      fresh tracks

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com

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