Hart-Miller Island: 01/03/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Fri, 09 Jan 1998 21:20:09 -0500


This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, January 3, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla, Ralph Cullison, and David Holmes.

Observation: 0705-1700
             Partly Sunny, 40-50 degrees F., winds SW 10K

Canada Goose                    30
American Black Duck             83
Mallard                         248
Gadwall                         42
Lesser Scaup                    2
Common Goldeneye                1
Bufflehead                      37
Bald Eagle                      1 (adult)
Northern Harrier                3 (1 female, 2 immature)
Red-tailed Hawk                 1 (adult)
Peregrine Falcon                2 (adult)
Virginia Rail                   2 
Ring-billed Gull                227
Herring Gull                    169
Great Black-backed Gull         34
Mourning Dove                   40
Great Horned Owl                1
Downy Woodpecker                6
Northern Flicker                6
American Crow                   3
Carolina Chickadee              7
Tufted Titmouse                 10
White-breasted Nuthatch         3
Carolina Wren                   7
Gray Catbird                    1
European Starling               67
Yellow-rumped Warbler           11 (Myrtle)
Northern Cardinal               8
Eastern Towhee                  8
American Tree Sparrow           16
Savannah Sparrow                19
Song Sparrow                    232
Swamp Sparrow                   11
White-throated Sparrow          20
Dark-eyed Junco                 4 (Slate-colored)
Snow Bunting                    72
Red-winged Blackbird            84
American Goldfinch              22