This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for June 26, 1999. The observer was Gene Scarpulla. Observation: 0715-1645 AM: Sunny, 65 degrees F., SW 10K PM: Sunny, 85 degrees F., S 15K Double-crested Cormorant 6 Great Blue Heron 41 *GLOSSY IBIS *1 Canada Goose 12 (includes 2 downy young) American Black Duck 8 Mallard 412 (includes 107 downy young) *BLUE-WINGED TEAL *1 (male) *NORTHERN SHOVELER *1 (male) *GREEN-WINGED TEAL *1 (male) Osprey 24 (18 adult, 6 nestling) Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult) Killdeer 41 *LESSER YELLOWLEGS *8 Spotted Sandpiper 17 *SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *1 *LEAST SANDPIPER *13 *SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *1 Ring-billed Gull 57 Herring Gull 206 *GLAUCOUS GULL *1 (2nd-S to 3rd-W) Great Black-backed Gull 847 Caspian Tern 21 Common Tern 3 Mourning Dove 7 Eastern Kingbird 4 Fish Crow 4 Purple Martin 8 Tree Swallow 30 Bank Swallow 9 Barn Swallow 35 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 4 Marsh Wren 10 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 European Starling 14 Yellow Warbler 4 Common Yellowthroat 12 Song Sparrow 53 Swamp Sparrow 2 Red-winged Blackbird 122 Common Grackle 7 (Purple) Orchard Oriole 1 House Finch 3 American Goldfinch 6 MAMMALS Muskrat 2 Raccoon fresh tracks BUTTERFLIES Cabbage White 18 Orange Sulphur 10 Gene Scarpulla Towson, Maryland gscarp@erols.com