Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 21:03:44 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Eugene J Scarpulla Subject: Hart-Miller Island: 04/14/01 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 April 14, 2001 0705-1505 AM: sunny, 55 degrees, winds NW 10K PM: sunny, 70 degrees, winds NW 10K Route: Figure-8 (8 miles) Observer: Gene Scarpulla *SPECIES OF NOTE *RED-THROATED LOON *1 Horned Grebe 12 (11 breeding, 1 winter) Double-crested Cormorant 63 Great Blue Heron 9 Canada Goose 24 Gadwall 2 American Black Duck 1 (male) Mallard 41 (29 male, 12 female) Blue-winged Teal 2 (1 male, 1 female) Green-winged Teal 16 (8 male, 8 female) Greater Scaup 7 (6 male, 1 female) Lesser Scaup 3 (2 male, 1 female) Bufflehead 11 (5 male, 6 female) Ruddy Duck 1 (male) Osprey 12 Northern Harrier 4 (2 female, 2 immature) American Kestrel 3 (2 male, 1 female) Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult) American Coot 1 Killdeer 11 *GREATER YELLOWLEGS *2 *LESSER YELLOWLEGS *4 *DUNLIN *20 *STILT SANDPIPER *1 Bonaparte's Gull 29 Ring-billed Gull 125 Herring Gull 334 Great Black-backed Gull 149 Caspian Tern 358 Mourning Dove 6 Belted Kingfisher 1 (male) Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 2 (Yellow-shafted) Blue Jay 1 American Crow 2 Fish Crow 6 Tree Swallow 88 Barn Swallow 5 Carolina Wren 3 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 1 European Starling 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 (Myrtle) Eastern Towhee 3 Savannah Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 32 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 9 Northern Cardinal 1 Red-winged Blackbird 159 *RUSTY BLACKBIRD *1 (male) Common Grackle 11 (Purple) Brown-headed Cowbird 2 (1 male, 1 female) House Finch 4 (3 male, 1 female) American Goldfinch 8 MAMMALS Red Fox fresh tracks Raccoon fresh tracks REPTILES Spotted Turtle 2 Painted Turtle 2 AMPHIBIANS Southern Leopard Frog 8 BUTTERFLIES Cabbage White 5 Orange Sulphur 9 Eastern Comma 2 American Lady 6 Red Admiral 1 DRAGONFLIES Common Green Darner 2 Gene Scarpulla Millers Island, Maryland 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================