This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Saturday, February 28, 1998. The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Helene Gardel. Observation: 0710-1700 Cloudy, 40-50 degrees F., Winds N 10K RED-THROATED LOON 23 Double-crested Cormorant 4 Great Blue Heron 3 Tundra Swan 2619 (2610 flyover heading north) Canada Goose 11,642 (11,634 flyover heading north) American Black Duck 62 Mallard 557 Northern Pintail 224 Northern Shoveler 3 Gadwall 11 American Wigeon 13 Greater Scaup 28,714 Lesser Scaup 5033 scaup sp. 8500 Common Goldeneye 1 Bufflehead 23 Red-breasted Merganser 19 Northern Harrier 5 (1 male, 1 female, 3 immature) Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult) Virginia Rail 5 KILLDEER 16 GREATER YELLOWLEGS 1 (winter plumage) WESTERN SANDPIPER 1 (winter plumage) LEAST SANDPIPER 8 (winter plumage) Bonaparte's Gull 565 Ring-billed Gull 9 Herring Gull 222 Great Black-backed Gull 29 Mourning Dove 6 Great Horned Owl 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 American Crow 1 Carolina Wren 1 European Starling 42 Eastern Towhee 1 American Tree Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 115 White-throated Sparrow 2 Snow Bunting 2 Red-winged Blackbird 27 CORRIGENDUM: 02/21/98 Report Change "PEEP SP." to "WESTERN SANDPIPER" Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com