Date:         Mon, 4 Feb 2002 14:56:47 -0500
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From:         "Eugene J. Scarpulla" <ejscarp@HOME.COM>
Subject:      Hart-Miller Island: 01/26/02
Comments: To: Steve Kopecky <steven.kopecky@usace.army.mil>,
          Jim Stasz <jlstasz@aol.com>,
          Jeff Cowell <jeff.cowell@ingrambook.com>,
          Donna Finnegan <toadlady@fls.infi.net>,
          Dave Brinker <dbrinker@dnr.state.md.us>,
          Butch Norden <bnorden@dnr.state.md.us>,
          Anne Brooks <birdfeeder@starpower.net>,
          Jim Potyraj <potyrajj@rcbhsc.wvu.edu>, Pete Webb <pwebb@bcpl.net>
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Observations at Hart-Miller Island
January 26, 2002
0715-1655
AM: sunny, 38 degrees, winds SW 5 knots
PM: sunny, 50 degrees, winds SW 10 knots
Route: figure-8 with woodland spur(8.5 miles)
Observers: Ralph Cullison, Sue Ricciardi, Gene Scarpulla
(Part of Baltimore Mid-Winter Bird Count)

*SPECIES OF NOTE

 Great Blue Heron             1
 Canada Goose                 58
 Mute Swan                    17
 American Black Duck          24
 Mallard                      146
 Canvasback                   1 (female)
 Greater Scaup                7
 Long-tailed Duck             5 (4 male, 1 female)
 diving duck sp.              450
 Bufflehead                   113
 Common Goldeneye             406
 Northern Harrier             6 (1 male, 1 female, 4 immature)
 Red-shouldered Hawk          1 (immature)
 Red-tailed Hawk              1 (adult)
 American Kestrel             2 (1 male, 1 female)
 Peregrine Falcon             1 (adult)
 Killdeer                     2
 Bonaparte's Gull             12
 Ring-billed Gull             9
 Herring Gull                 108
 Great Black-backed Gull      22
 Mourning Dove                41
*GREAT HORNED OWL            *2
 Red-bellied Woodpecker       2
 Downy Woodpecker             3
 Northern Flicker             4 (Yellow-shafted)
 American Crow                5
 Carolina Chickadee           3
 Tufted Titmouse              2
 Carolina Wren                5
 Hermit Thrush                1
 American Robin               2
 Gray Catbird                 1
 Northern Mockingbird         3
 European Starling            100
 Eastern Towhee               4
 Field Sparrow                1
 Savannah Sparrow             16
 Song Sparrow                 103
 Swamp Sparrow                4
 White-throated Sparrow       30
 White-crowned Sparrow        1 (immature)
 Dark-eyed Junco              1 (Slate-colored)
 Northern Cardinal            8 (5 male, 1 female, 2 unknown)
 Red-winged Blackbird         29
 House Finch                  31
 American Goldfinch           32

MAMMALS
 Red Fox                      1

Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland
ejscarp@home.com

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