Hart-Miller Island: 11/23/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 23 Nov 1997 20:28:23 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Sunday, November 23, 1997.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.
Observation: 0715-1700
AM-very foggy, PM-moderately foggy, 45-50 degrees F.
Common Loon 4
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Great Blue Heron 5
Green-winged Teal 4 (male)
American Black Duck 35
Mallard 239
Northern Shoveler 6 (male)
Gadwall 10 (6 male, 4 female)
Lesser Scaup 6 (2 male, 4 female)
Common Goldeneye 2 (female)
Bufflehead 36 (20 male, 16 female)
Ruddy Duck 11 (3 male, 8 female)
Northern Harrier 4 (2 male, 2 juvenile)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature)
Virginia Rail 3
Laughing Gull 1
Ring-billed Gull 36
Herring Gull 34
Great Black-backed Gull 17
Mourning Dove 16
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2 (Yellow-shafted)
Eastern Phoebe 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
Gray Catbird 1
American Pipit 7
Cedar Waxwing 3
European Starling 43
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 (Myrtle)
Northern Cardinal 1
Eastern Towhee 2
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW 1 (arrival)
Savannah Sparrow 1
Fox Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 52
Swamp Sparrow 11
White-throated Sparrow 12
Dark-eyed Junco 67 (Slate-colored)
Snow Bunting 20
Red-winged Blackbird 93
American Goldfinch 126