Hart-Miller Island: 10/24/98
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 12:40:03 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
Saturday, October 24, 1998.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Joe McDaniel.
Observation: 0710-1700
AM: Sunny, 40 degrees F., W 5K
PM: Sunny, 75 degrees F., S 10K
*COMMON LOON *8 (ARRIVAL)
Double-crested Cormorant 15
Great Blue Heron 5
Canada Goose 28 (flyover)
Green-winged Teal 7
American Black Duck 4
Mallard 29 (15 male, 14 female)
*BLACK SCOTER *15 (ARRIVAL)
*BUFFLEHEAD *3 (2 male, 1 female; ARRIVAL)
Northern Harrier 4 (immature)
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1 (adult)
American Kestrel 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
Black-bellied Plover 1
Killdeer 13
Laughing Gull 11
Ring-billed Gull 27
Herring Gull 177
Great Black-backed Gull 184
Mourning Dove 27
Great Horned Owl 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 2 (Yellow-shafted)
Tree Swallow 1
American Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 2
Carolina Wren 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
American Robin 2
American Pipit 7
European Starling 500
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15 (Myrtle)
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Cardinal 2 (female)
Savannah Sparrow 20
Song Sparrow 71
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 8
White-crowned Sparrow 3 (immature)
Dark-eyed Junco 9 (Slate-colored)
Red-winged Blackbird 68
*RUSTY BLACKBIRD *1 (MALE, ARRIVAL)
Brown-headed Cowbird 7
*PURPLE FINCH *1 (MALE, ARRIVAL)
House Finch 4
American Goldfinch 26
MAMMALS
Muskrat 3
Red Fox (fresh tracks)
Raccoon (fresh tracks)
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White 50
Clouded Sulphur 3
Orange Sulphur 16
Cloudless Sulphur 6
Variegated Fritillary 3
Pearl Crescent 3
Eastern Comma 1
Common Buckeye 1
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com