Hart-Miller Island: 10/26/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 20:49:50 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Sunday, October 26,1997.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0715-1500
light to moderate rain, 45-55 degrees F., Winds NE 15K
Common Loon 2
Double-crested Cormorant 121
Great Blue Heron 3
Canada Goose 13 (flyover)
American Black Duck 22
Mallard 76
Oldsquaw 2 (male, arrival)
Surf Scoter 2 (female, arrival)
Bufflehead 2 (female, arrival)
Ruddy Duck 2 (1 male, 1 female, arrival)
Northern Harrier 1 (male)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature)
Killdeer 11
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Dunlin 1 (juvenile)
Laughing Gull 440
Bonaparte's Gull 1 (adult winter, arrival)
Ring-billed Gull 25
Herring Gull 169
Great Black-backed Gull 25
Mourning Dove 53
Northern Flicker 1 (Yellow-shafted)
Eastern Phoebe 1
Bank Swallow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Brown Creeper 1 (arrival)
Winter Wren 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Hermit Thrush 4
European Starling 117
Yellow-rumped Warbler 18 (Myrtle)
Palm Warbler 3 (1 Yellow, 2 Western)
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Field Sparrow 4
Savannah Sparrow 7
Song Sparrow 70
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 11
Dark-eyed Junco 54 (Slate-colored)
Red-winged Blackbird 53
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 4
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2