Hart-Miller Island: 11/29/97
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 30 Nov 1997 22:28:04 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, November 29, 1997.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Helene Gardel.
Observation: 0710-1700
cloudy, 45-50 degrees F.
Common Loon 8
Double-crested Cormorant 7
Great Blue Heron 4
Mute Swan 2
Canada Goose 54 (flyover)
Green-winged Teal 6 (3 male, 3 female)
American Black Duck 88
Mallard 339
Gadwall 26 (14 male, 12 female)
Greater Scaup 1 (male, arrival)
Lesser Scaup 2 (1 male, 1 female)
Oldsquaw 1 (male)
Common Goldeneye 2 (male)
Bufflehead 66 (19 male, 33 female, 14 unknown)
Ruddy Duck 13 (5 male, 8 female)
Northern Harrier 1 (juvenile)
Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
American Coot 1
Bonaparte's Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 74
Herring Gull 8
Great Black-backed Gull 13
Mourning Dove 14
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 1
American Pipit 27
European Starling 99
Eastern Towhee 2 (1 male, 1 female)
American Tree Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 86
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 3
Dark-eyed Junco 23 (Slate-colored)
Snow Bunting 54
Red-winged Blackbird 16
American Goldfinch 18