This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for Sunday, June 28, 1998. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0715-1445 AM: Cloudy, 60 degrees F., NE 15K PM: Sunny, 85 degrees F., E 10K Double-crested Cormorant 20 Great Blue Heron 44 Canada Goose 6 (adult) American Black Duck 10 Mallard 137 (63 male, 43 female, 31 young) *RUDDY DUCK *1 (male, breeding plumage) Osprey 22 (including 5 nestlings) Killdeer 45 Spotted Sandpiper 8 *LEAST SANDPIPER *53 (fall arrival) White-rumped Sandpiper 1 (injured leg) Dunlin 1 (injured leg) Ring-billed Gull 289 Herring Gull 385 Great Black-backed Gull 504 Caspian Tern 52 Mourning Dove 10 Downy Woodpecker 1 Willow Flycatcher 1 Eastern Kingbird 5 Tree Swallow 16 Barn Swallow 76 Fish Crow 4 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 6 Marsh Wren 12 Gray Catbird 1 European Starling 28 Yellow Warbler 6 Common Yellowthroat 16 Song Sparrow 52 Swamp Sparrow 9 Red-winged Blackbird 154 Common Grackle 1 (Purple) Orchard Oriole 1 House Finch 2 American Goldfinch 4 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com