[MDOsprey] Hart-Miller Island: June 12, 1999

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:24:37 -0400


This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for June
12, 1999.

The observer was Gene Scarpulla.

Observation: 0710-1655
             AM: Cloudy, 65 degrees F., NE 25K
             PM: Cloudy, 75 degrees F., N 15K

 Double-crested Cormorant        1
 Great Blue Heron                35
 Canada Goose                    98 (adult)
 American Black Duck             14
 Mallard                         278 (135 M, 98 F, 45 Y)
 Osprey                          23 (18 adult, 5 nestling)
 Peregrine Falcon                1 (adult)
 Semipalmated Plover             8
 Killdeer                        14
 Spotted Sandpiper               13
*RED KNOT                       *1
*SANDERLING                     *1
 Semipalmated Sandpiper          48
 Least Sandpiper                 1
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER         *2
 Dunlin                          3
 Laughing Gull                   3 (adult)
 Ring-billed Gull                29
 Herring Gull                    614
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL       *4 (1 1st-S, 3 2nd-S)
*GLAUCOUS GULL                  *1 (2nd-S to 3rd-W)
 Great Black-backed Gull         747
 Caspian Tern                    71
 Mourning Dove                   5
 Chimney Swift                   1
 Great Crested Flycatcher        2
 Eastern Kingbird                4
 American Crow                   3
 Fish Crow                       1
 crow sp.                        7
 Tree Swallow                    12
 Bank Swallow                    1
 Barn Swallow                    35
 Carolina Wren                   1
 House Wren                      2
 Marsh Wren                      8
 Gray Catbird                    4
 European Starling               9
 Yellow Warbler                  19
 Common Yellowthroat             2
 Song Sparrow                    28
 Northern Cardinal               2
 Red-winged Blackbird            148
 Common Grackle                  9 (Purple)
 Brown-headed Cowbird            1 (male)
 House Finch                     5
 American Goldfinch              5

MAMMALS
 Muskrat                         1
 Red Fox                         fresh tracks
 Raccoon                         fresh tracks

BUTTERFLIES
 Cabbage White                   4

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com