Observations at Hart-Miller Island
April 1, 2006
0710 - 1700
Weather: AM: sunny, 57 degrees, SSW 10 K; PM: cloudy, 70 degrees, W 20K
Observer: Gene Scarpulla

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 14
Mute Swan - 8
Gadwall - 56
American Wigeon - 1 (male)
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 24
Northern Shoveler - 161
Northern Pintail - 19
Green-winged Teal - 310
Canvasback - 1 (male)
Ring-necked Duck - 9 (6 male, 3 female)
Greater Scaup - 2 (female)
Bufflehead - 55
Hooded Merganser - 1 (female)
Red-breasted Merganser - 8
Ruddy Duck - 30
Pied-billed Grebe - 49
Double-crested Cormorant - 41
Great Blue Heron - 11
*LITTLE BLUE HERON - 1 (adult)
Osprey - 14
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 1 (male)
American Kestrel - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (adult at nest site; Craighill Channel Range Light)
American Coot - 983
*KILLDEER - 9
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 7
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 2
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 1
*DUNLIN - 4
*LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 126
Ring-billed Gull - 27
Herring Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 9
Caspian Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 5
Northern Flicker - 1 (Yellow-shafted)
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 23
Carolina Wren - 3
European Starling - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 30
Song Sparrow - 37
sparrow sp. - 13
Dark-eyed Junco - 1 (Slate-colored)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 125
Common Grackle - 2 (Purple)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
blackbird sp. - 30
House Finch - 1

MAMMALS
Raccoon - 1

AMPHIBIANS
Spring Peeper - 3

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 5


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland