Hart-Miller Island: 12/06/97

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 09 Dec 1997 22:39:51 -0500


This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, December 6, 1997.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0715-1500
             cloudy to sunny, 30-40 degrees F.
             Windy, W 20K (few birds heard or seen)

Double-crested Cormorant        1
American Black Duck             47
Mallard                         112
Gadwall                         5 (2 male, 3 female)
Bufflehead                      18 (11 male, 7 female)
Red-breasted Merganser          1 (female)
Ruddy Duck                      9 (3 male, 6 female)
Northern Harrier                3 (1 male, 2 juvenile)
Cooper's Hawk                   1 (immature)
Red-tailed Hawk                 1 (adult)
Peregrine Falcon                1 (adult)
Bonaparte's Gull                4
Ring-billed Gull                99
Herring Gull                    36
Great Black-backed Gull         11
Great Horned Owl                1
European Starling               95
Northern Cardinal               2
Song Sparrow                    5
White-throated Sparrow          4
Snow Bunting                    58
Red-winged Blackbird            7
American Goldfinch              5