Hart-Miller Island: 07/10/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 13 Jul 1998 14:57:52 -0400
This is the report from Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) for
June 10, 1998.
The observer was Rick Blom.
(Coverage was on the same route as covered by Gene Scarpulla in his
regular weekly surveys. During the fall migration, Gene and I will be
doing several "consecutive day" surveys. We will be looking at
differences in species occurences and numbers between the two days,
especially when a front has moved through overnight.)
Observation: 0730-1430
Sunny, pleasant, and breezy.
Viewing conditions excellent.
Double-crested Cormorant 19
Great Blue Heron 42
Canada Goose 7
Mallard 156
Red-breasted Merganser 1 (male)
Osprey 14
Killdeer 46
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS *7 (adult, fall arrival)
Lesser Yellowlegs 15 (adult)
yellowlegs sp. 6
Spotted Sandpiper 21 (including 5 juveniles)
Semipalmated Sandpiper 12 (adult)
*WESTERN SANDPIPER *2 (adult, fall arrival)
Least Sandpiper 59 (including 1 nonbreeding adult)
peep sp. 60
Pectoral Sandpiper 8 (5 adult male in breeding plumage
3 unknown)
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *2 (adult hendersoni, breeding plumage,
fall arrival)
Ring-billed Gull 262
Herring Gull 142
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 (1st-summer)
Great Black-backed Gull 171
Caspian Tern 53
Common Tern 1 (breeding plumage)
Forster's Tern 3 (breeding plumage)
Mourning Dove 8
Willow Flycatcher 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 8
Purple Martin 1
Tree Swallow 53
Bank Swallow 9
Barn Swallow 185
House Wren 4
Marsh Wren 17
Gray Catbird 1
European Starling 30
Yellow Warbler 4
Common Yellowthroat 16
Blue Grosbeak 1 (male)
Eastern Towhee 1
Song Sparrow 53 (including 2 juvenile)
Swamp Sparrow 16
Red-winged Blackbird 120
Common Grackle 2
House Finch 1 (male)
American Goldfinch 9
Rick Blom
"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive." Josephine Tey
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland