Hart-Miller Island: 04/10/98

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 22:35:44 -0400 

This is the Hart-Miller Island report for Friday, April 10, 1998.
The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0710-1700
             AM: Cloudy, 45 degrees F., NW 15K, Light showers
           NOON: Cloudy, 50 degrees F., S 10K
             PM: Sunny, 55 degrees F., N 10K
             
*GREAT CORMORANT                *1 (breeding plumage)
 Double-crested Cormorant        49
 Great Blue Heron                13
 Canada Goose                    1
 Green-winged Teal               19 (9 male, 10 female)
 Mallard                         52 (31 male, 21 female)
 Gadwall                         3 (2 male, 1 female)
 Greater Scaup                   19 (12 male, 7 female)
 Bufflehead                      12 (6 male, 6 female)
 Osprey                          18 (9 nests: 3 on island,
                                     6 on channel markers)
 Bald Eagle                      1 (adult)
 Northern Harrier                2 (1 male, 1 immature)
 Red-tailed Hawk                 1 (adult)
 American Kestrel                1 (immature male, arrival)
 Peregrine Falcon                1 (adult)
 Virginia Rail                   1
 Killdeer                        11
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS             *1
*LEAST SANDPIPER                *3 (winter plumage)
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER             *5 (arrival)
*DUNLIN                         *2 (winter plumage, arrival)
 Bonaparte's Gull                22
 Ring-billed Gull                1
 Herring Gull                    103
 Great Black-backed Gull         14
*CASPIAN TERN                   *31 (breeding plumage, arrival)
*FORSTER'S TERN                 *1 (winter plumage, arrival)
 Mourning Dove                   4
 Downy Woodpecker                2
 Northern Flicker                3 (Yellow-shafted)
 Tree Swallow                    135
 Barn Swallow                    8 (arrival)
 American Crow                   3
 crow sp.                        4
 Carolina Chickadee              3
 Tufted Titmouse                 1
 Carolina Wren                   1
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet            8 (arrival)
 American Robin                  1
 European Starling               11
 Northern Cardinal               4
 Eastern Towhee                  3
 Song Sparrow                    73
 Swamp Sparrow                   3       
 White-throated Sparrow          9
 Dark-eyed Junco                 1 (Slate-colored)
 Red-winged Blackbird            31
 House Finch                     3
 American Goldfinch              4

AMPHIBIANS
 Southern Leopard Frog           1

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com