Observations  at Hart-Miller Island 
July  10, 2004 
0700-1700 
Observers:  Jim Stasz, Hans Holbrook, Matt  Hafner 
*SPECIES  OF NOTE 
*PIED-BILLED  GREBE – 1 “singing” from South Cell 
Double-crested  Cormorant – 35 
*LEAST  BITTERN - 1 
Great  Blue Heron - 12 
Snowy  Egret - 1 
Cattle  Egret – 3 
Green  Heron - 1 
Black-crowned  Night-Heron - 1 
*GLOSSY  IBIS – 17 
Canada  Goose – 204 
Mute  Swan - 1 
Wood  Duck - 6 
*GADWALL  – 1 
American  Black Duck - 2 
Mallard  - 180 
*RING-NECKED  DUCK – 1 
*LESSER  SCAUP – 2 
*RUDDY  DUCK – 3 inc. a pair in breeding plumage in South Cell 
Osprey  - 8 
*BLACK-BELLIED  PLOVER - 1 
Killdeer  - 28 
*AMERICAN  AVOCET - 1 
*GREATER  YELLOWLEGS - 3 
*LESSER  YELLOWLEGS - 29 
Spotted  Sandpiper - 24 
*SEMIPALMATED  SANDPIPER - 7 
*WESTERN  SANDPIPER - 9 
*LEAST  SANDPIPER - 179 
*DUNLIN  – 1 in breeding plumage, rarest bird of the day 
*SHORT-BILLED  DOWITCHER - 97 
Laughing  Gull - 110 
*BONAPARTE'S  GULL - 1 
Ring-billed  Gull - 139 
Herring  Gull – 195 
*LESSER  BLACK-BACKED GULL – 1 2nd Summer 
Great  Black-backed Gull - 436 
Caspian  Tern - 274 
Common  Tern - 3 
Forster's  Tern - 39 
Least  Tern - 1 
Mourning  Dove – 16 
Yellow-billed  Cuckoo – 1 
Willow  Flycatcher – 2 
Eastern  Kingbird - 6 
Purple  Martin - 22 
Tree  Swallow - 85 
Bank  Swallow - 21 
Barn  Swallow – 55 
House  Wren – 1 
Marsh  Wren – 1 
American  Robin - 2 
Gray  Catbird - 5 
Northern  Mockingbird - 1 
European  Starling - 65 
Yellow  Warbler – 4 inc. 2 presumed migrant flyovers 
Common  Yellowthroat - 13 
Blue  Grosbeak - 3 
Song  Sparrow – 30 
Swamp  Sparrow - 8 
Red-winged  Blackbird - 65 
Common  Grackle - 2 
Brown-headed  Cowbird – 15 
Orchard  Oriole – 2  
House  Finch - 2 
American  Goldfinch - 6 
Dragonflies: 
Black  Saddlebags 
Green  Darner 
Seaside  Dragonlet 
Wandering  Glider 
Needham’s  Skimmer  
Blue  Dasher 
Eastern  Amberwing 
Common  Whitetail 
Twelve-spotted  Skimmer 
Halloween  Pennant 
Damselflies: 
Rambler’s  Forktail 
Bluet  sp. 
Butterflies: 
Orange  Sulfur 
Cabbage  White 
Gray  Hairstreak 
Red  Admiral 
Black  Swallowtail 
Red-spotted  Purple 
Least  Skipper 
Silver-spotted  Skipper 
Common  Buckeye 
Viceroy 
American  Lady 
Checkered  White – 6 high count? 
Common  Sootywing 
Pipevine  Swallowtail – 3 
Variegated  Frittilary 
Eastern  Tailed-Blue 
Azure  sp. 
Mammals: 
Fox 
Amphibians: 
Fowler's  Toad
 
Matt  Hafner
Bel  Air, MD