Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 21:05:47 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eugene J Scarpulla Subject: Hart-Miler Island: 03/11/01 Comments: To: birdfeeder@starpower.net, BNORDEN@dnr.state.md.us, d.potyraj@worldnet.att.net, dbrinker@dnr.state.md.us, jeff.cowell@ingrambook.com, Jlstasz@aol.com, steven.kopecky@usace.army.mil, toadlady@fls.infi.net, voice@capaccess.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Observations at Hart-Miller Island March 11, 2001 0720-1445 AM: mostly cloudy, 35 degrees, winds SW 10K PM: mostly cloudy, 50 degrees, winds S 15K Route: Figure-8 (8 miles) Observer: Gene Scarpulla *SPECIES OF NOTE Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 2 Canada Goose 659 (19 on isle, 640 flyover) Tundra Swan 69 (flyover) Wood Duck 1 (male) American Black Duck 41 *BLACK DUCK X MALLARD HYBRID *1 (male w/ Black Duck female) Mallard 230 Green-winged Teal 4 (2 male, 2 female) Canvasback 3 (2 male, 1 female) *GREATER SCAUP *25,000 Lesser Scaup 2 (male) scaup sp. 5000 Common Goldeneye 30 (18 male, 12 female) Bufflehead 4 (2 male, 2 female) Red-breasted Merganser 2 (male) Osprey 1 Northern Harrier 4 (2 female, 2 immature) Red-tailed Hawk 1 (adult) American Kestrel 2 (1 male, 1 female) Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult) Killdeer 5 Bonaparte's Gull 403 Ring-billed Gull 29 Herring Gull 77 Great Black-backed Gull 38 Mourning Dove 15 *SHORT-EARED OWL *3 Red-Bellied Woodpecker 1 (male) American Crow 6 Tree Swallow 3 wren sp. 2 American Robin 2 European Starling 4 Eastern Towhee 3 Song Sparrow 75 White-throated Sparrow 12 White-crowned Sparrow 14 (immature) *SNOW BUNTING *1 Northern Cardinal 1 (male) Red-winged Blackbird 40 Common Grackle 6 (Purple) American Goldfinch 2 MAMMALS Red Fox fresh tracks Raccoon fresh tracks Gene Scarpulla Millers Island, Maryland mailto:.ejscarp@juno.com mailto:.ejscarp@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ========================================================================= ===========================================================================