This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for Monday, July 6, 1998. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0715-1500 AM: Sunny, 60 degrees F., NE 10K PM: Sunny, 90 degrees F., SE 5K Common Loon 1 (non-breeding plumage) Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 27 Great Egret 1 (flyover) Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 (1 adult, 1 juvenile) Canada Goose 6 (adult) American Black Duck 4 Mallard 97 Blue-winged Teal 1 (male) *RED-BREASTED MERGANSER *1 (male) Osprey 22 (16 adult, 6 nestling) Northern Harrier 1 (female) Killdeer 22 *LESSER YELLOWLEGS *5 (adult, fall arrival) Spotted Sandpiper 25 (18 adult, 7 juvenile) *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *2 (adult, fall arrival) Least Sandpiper 43 (adult) *PECTORAL SANDPIPER *1 (adult, fall arrival) Ring-billed Gull 534 Herring Gull 198 *LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL *4 (3 1st-summer, 1 adult summer) Great Black-backed Gull 433 Caspian Tern 92 Mourning Dove 11 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Willow Flycatcher 5 Eastern Kingbird 6 Purple Martin 1 Tree Swallow 29 Barn Swallow 73 Fish Crow 4 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 6 Marsh Wren 13 American Robin 6 (4 adult, 2 juvenile) Gray Catbird 1 (1 adult, 1 juvenile) European Starling 19 Common Yellowthroat 13 Northern Cardinal 1 Blue Grosbeak 2 (male) Song Sparrow 57 Swamp Sparrow 8 Red-winged Blackbird 126 Common Grackle 1 (Purple) House Finch 8 American Goldfinch 5 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com