Hart-Miller Island: 11/15/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 16 Nov 1997 16:19:30 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, November 15, 1997.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla, Ralph Cullison, and Greg Futral.
Observation: 0715-1700
AM-sunny, PM-cloudy, 45-50 degrees F., Winds NW 15K
Common Loon 8
Double-crested Cormorant 4
Great Blue Heron 1
Tundra Swan 6 (flyover)
Canada Goose 26 (flyover)
American Black Duck 3
Mallard 183
Northern Pintail 1 (female)
Gadwall 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Lesser Scaup 20 (1 male, 19 unknown)
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 3 (female or immature, arrival)
Common Goldeneye 3 (female, arrival)
Bufflehead 71 (37 male, 34 female)
Ruddy Duck 6 (female)
Bald Eagle 1 (immature, flyover)
Northern Harrier 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 juvenile)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
Virginia Rail 8
Killdeer 1
Laughing Gull 31
Bonaparte's Gull 3 (2 adult, 1 first winter)
Ring-billed Gull 84
Herring Gull 34
Great Black-backed Gull 16
Mourning Dove 62
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3 (Yellow-shafted)
American Crow 35
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 8
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Pipit 21
European Starling 21
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 (Myrtle)
Northern Cardinal 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Eastern Towhee 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Vesper Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 110
Swamp Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 69 (Slate-colored)
LAPLAND LONSPUR 1 (male, arrival)
Snow Bunting 9
Red-winged Blackbird 63
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 66