This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for December 14, 1998. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0710-1415 AM: Sunny, 35 degrees F., N 25K PM: Sunny, 50 degrees F., N 25K Common Loon 1 Great Blue Heron 1 American Black Duck 16 Mallard 100 Gadwall 2 (1 male, 1 female) Bufflehead 24 (12 male, 12 female) Northern Harrier 8 (1 male, 1 female, 6 immature) Cooper's Hawk 1 (immature) Red-tailed Hawk 2 (1 adult, 1 immature) American Kestrel 2 (1 male, 1 female) Peregrine Falcon 1 (immature) Ring-billed Gull 5 Herring Gull 8 Great Black-backed Gull 6 Mourning Dove 11 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 (1 male, 1 female) Downy Woodpecker 2 (1 male, 1 female) Northern Flicker 1 (Yellow-shafted, female) Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet 2 European Starling 285 American Tree Sparrow 6 *IPSWICH SPARROW *1 (fourth Island record) 12/14/98 - 1 02/01/98 - 1 11/16/96 - 1 11/??/9? - 1 (M. O'Brien) Song Sparrow 22 White-throated Sparrow 7 *SNOW BUNTING *103 Red-winged Blackbird 13 American Goldfinch 3 MAMMALS Muskrat (fresh tracks) Red Fox (fresh tracks) Raccoon (fresh tracks) Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com