Observations at Hart-Miller Island
September 30, 2006
0710 - 1700
Weather: AM: mostly cloudy 60 degrees, NE 3 K; PM: cloudy, 67 degrees, W 8 K
Observer: Gene Scarpulla

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 288
Mute Swan - 5 (2 adult, 3 immature)
Wood Duck - 160
Gadwall - 6
American Wigeon - 30
Mallard - 55
Northern Shoveler - 78
Northern Pintail - 29
Green-winged Teal - 183
Ruddy Duck - 22
Pied-billed Grebe - 65
Double-crested Cormorant - 69
Great Blue Heron - 26
Great Egret - 5
Snowy Egret - 1
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 2 (1 female, 1 immature)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Merlin - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (immature)
*SORA - 3
American Coot - 182
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 2
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 10
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 35
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 16
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 16
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 54
*DUNLIN - 1
*STILT SANDPIPER - 2
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 2
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 18
Herring Gull - 12
Great Black-backed Gull - 52
Caspian Tern - 60
Mourning Dove - 33
Chimney Swift - 27
Northern Flicker - 3 (Yellow-shafted)
Blue Jay - 1
Tree Swallow - 1500
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Wren - 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Gray Catbird - 3
European Starling - 185
Palm Warbler - 6 (Western)
Common Yellowthroat - 7
Savannah Sparrow - 7
Song Sparrow - 16
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Bobolink - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 83
Brown-headed Cowbird -
American Goldfinch - 4

MAMMALS
Red Fox - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 6
Orange Sulphur - 42
Gray Hairstreak - 3
Pearl Crescent - 1
Red Admiral - 1
Common Buckeye - 20
*MONARCH - 2450 (Between 0710 hours and 0815 hours --- 2158 Monarchs that 
had spent the night on the island began to take flight as the sun proceeded 
to sequentially shine on each tree.  The Monarchs leisurely left the island 
in the vicinity of the boat dock making them easy to count over the hour. 
This was an impressive flight to witness.)

MOTHS
Salt Marsh - 4 (Salt Marsh Caterpillars)
Virginian Tiger - 3 (Yellow Bears)
Yellow-collared Scape - 3

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Needham's Skimmer - 1
Spot-winged Glider - 1
Black Saddlebags - 1

DAMSELFLIES
Rambur's Forktail - 2000


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland