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