[MDOsprey] Hart-Miller Island: 08/07/99
Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 09 Aug 1999 08:42:00 -0400
This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for August
7, 1999.
The observers were Gene Scarpulla and Greg Futral.
Observation: 0710-1520
AM: Sunny, 70 degrees F., N 10K
PM: Sunny, 90 degrees F., S 10K
Conditions very dry; minimal shorebird habitat
(*SPECIES OF INTEREST)
Double-crested Cormorant 21
Great Blue Heron 16
Mallard 91 (includes 17 downy young)
Osprey 30
*NORTHERN HARRIER *1 (first immature of season)
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Peregrine Falcon 1 (adult)
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER *7
Killdeer 16 (includes 1 downy young)
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS *20
Spotted Sandpiper 34
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER *13
*WESTERN SANDPIPER *2
*LEAST SANDPIPER *66 (includes 11 juvenile)
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER *1
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER *3
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER *2 (juvenile)
Laughing Gull 13 (includes 2 juvenile)
Ring-billed Gull 177
Herring Gull 91
*LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL *3 (2 2nd-S, 1 2nd-S to 3rd-W)
Great Black-backed Gull 923
Caspian Tern 35
Mourning Dove 8
Willow Flycatcher 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 7 (includes 4 juvenile)
Tree Swallow 3
Bank Swallow 24
Barn Swallow 48
Carolina Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2
European Starling 51
Yellow Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 3
Song Sparrow 47
Swamp Sparrow 9
Northern Cardinal 1 (male)
Bobolink 11
Red-winged Blackbird 51
House Finch 3
American Goldfinch 5
MAMMALS
Muskrat 4
Red Fox fresh tracks
Raccoon 1
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White 10
Orange Sulphur 8
Little Yellow 2
Monarch 8
Gene Scarpulla
Towson, Maryland
gscarp@erols.com