This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, February 21, 1998. The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Lisa Franke. The high winds made it a tough day for observations. Observation: 0810-1640 Partly Cloudy, 45-50 degrees F., windy W 25K Common Loon 1 Great Blue Heron 1 American Black Duck 105 Mallard 612 Northern Pintail 11 Gadwall 2 American Wigeon 14 Greater Scaup 172 Lesser Scaup 13 scaup sp. 27,000 (presumedly Greater, but too windy to tell) Bufflehead 7 Red-breasted Merganser 131 Northern Harrier 7 (1 male, 6 immature) Peregrine Falcon 2 (adult) KILLDEER 5 GREATER YELLOWLEGS 1 (winter plumage) LEAST SANDPIPER 7 (winter plumage) PEEP SP. 2 (winter plumage, Semipalmated/Western) Bonaparte's Gull 311 Ring-billed Gull 45 Herring Gull 228 Great Black-backed Gull 50 Northern Flicker 4 Carolina Wren 1 Song Sparrow 15 Snow Bunting 15 Red-winged Blackbird 53 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com