Hart-Miller Island: 01/02/99
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 04 Jan 1999 20:31:27 -0500
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for
January 2, 1999. [part of the Baltimore Harbor Christmas Bird Count]
The observers were Gene Scarpulla, Ralph Cullison, David Holmes, and
Gabe Cronin.
Observation: 0710-1455
AM: Cloudy, 20 degrees F., NE 15K
PM: Cloudy, 24 degrees F., NE 10K
Common Loon 1
Canada Goose 215 (flyover)
Tundra Swan 6
Gadwall 2 (1 male, 1 female)
American Black Duck 27
Mallard 46 (21 male, 25 female)
Northern Pintail 1 (male)
Lesser Scaup 1 (female)
scaup sp. 14
Bufflehead 11 (5 male, 6 female)
Common Goldeneye 17
Common Merganser 22
Ruddy Duck 2
Northern Harrier 6 (1 male, 5 immature)
Red-tailed Hawk 3 (2 adult, 1 immature)
American Kestrel 2 (1 male, 1 female)
*VIRGINIA RAIL *2
Killdeer 1
Ring-billed Gull 9
Herring Gull 12
Great Black-backed Gull 7
Mourning Dove 31
Great-horned Owl 1
*SHORT-EARED OWL *3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
Carolina Wren 2
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
European Starling 264
American Tree Sparrow 24
Savannah Sparrow 26
Song Sparrow 109
Swamp Sparrow 4
White-throated Sparrow 6
White-crowned Sparrow 1 (immature)
Snow Bunting 29
Northern Cardinal 1
Red-winged Blackbird 48
American Goldfinch 14
MAMMALS
Raccoon (fresh tracks)
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com