This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for January 23, 1999. [part of the Baltimore Mid-Winter Bird Count] The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Ralph Cullison. Observation: 0720-1705 AM: Heavy fog, 45 degrees F., NE 10K PM: Mostly sunny, 65 degrees F., SE 20K Red-throated Loon 1 Horned Grebe 2 Canada Goose 117 (flyover) American Black Duck 91 Mallard 291 Northern Pintail 3 (male) Canvasback 3 (2 male, 1 female) Bufflehead 25 (10 male, 15 female) Common Goldeneye 64 (41 male, 23 female) Northern Harrier 5 (immature) American Kestrel 3 (2 male, 1 female) *VIRGINIA RAIL *4 Killdeer 3 Bonaparte's Gull 72 Ring-billed Gull 137 Herring Gull 42 Great Black-backed Gull 8 Mourning Dove 111 *SHORT-EARED OWL *2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Northern Flicker 1 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 10 American Robin 2 *AMERICAN PIPIT *4 European Starling 43 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 (Myrtle) American Tree Sparrow 18 Savannah Sparrow 20 Song Sparrow 124 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 13 Dark-eyed Junco 1 (Slate-colored) *SNOW BUNTING *17 Red-winged Blackbird 34 American Goldfinch 1 MAMMALS Red Fox (fresh tracks & scat) Raccoon (fresh tracks) Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com