[MDOsprey] Hart-Miller Island: June 26, 1999

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:46:13 -0400


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