This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Sunday, February 15, 1998. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0715-1700 Sunny, 25-45 degrees F., winds NE 5K Mute Swan 2 Green-winged Teal 6 American Black Duck 72 Mallard 349 Northern Pintail 156 Gadwall 51 Greater Scaup 35,000 Lesser Scaup 13 scaup sp. 10,000 Common Goldeneye 9 Bufflehead 36 Red-breasted Merganser 1 (female) Ruddy Duck 1 (male) Northern Harrier 5 (1 male, 4 immature) Red-tailed Hawk 1 (adult) KILLDEER 3 WESTERN SANDPIPER 1 (winter plumage) LEAST SANDPIPER 7 (winter plumage) Bonaparte's Gull 200 Ring-billed Gull 282 Herring Gull 436 Great Black-backed Gull 89 Mourning Dove 9 Carolina Chickadee 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 57 American Tree Sparrow 16 Song Sparrow 115 Snow Bunting 50 Red-winged Blackbird 153 American Goldfinch 17 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com