Observations at Hart-Miller Island
March 15, 2008
0710 - 1700
AM: cloudy, 46 degrees, N 10K; PM: mostly sunny, 60 degrees, WNW 7K
Observers: John Dennehy, Kevin Graff, Gene Scarpulla

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 116
Mute Swan - 9
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 13
American Black Duck - 8
Mallard - 7
Northern Shoveler - 179
Northern Pintail - 42
Green-winged Teal - 561
Ring-necked Duck - 4
Greater Scaup - 21
Lesser Scaup - 35
unidentified scaup species - 185
Bufflehead - 24
Common Goldeneye - 1 (female)
Hooded Merganser - 14
Red-breasted Merganser - 36
Ruddy Duck - 379
Pied-billed Grebe - 71
Double-crested Cormorant - 20
*AMERICAN BITTERN - 1
Great Blue Heron - 6
Great Egret - 1
Osprey - 5
Bald Eagle - 2 (1 adult, 1 immature)
Northern Harrier - 3 (1 male, 1 female, 1 immature)
Peregrine Falcon - 2 (adult)
American Coot - 309
Killdeer - 5
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 12
Ring-billed Gull - 21
Herring Gull - 18
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 29
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 3
European Starling - 6
Eastern Towhee - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 45
Swamp Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 140
*EASTERN MEADOWLARK - 2
Common Grackle - 30
Brown-headed Cowbird - 10
House Finch - 11
American Goldfinch - 6
House Sparrow - 1

MAMMALS
Muskrat - 1
Coyote - fresh tracks
Red Fox - fresh tracks
Raccoon - 2

AMPHIBIANS
Spring Peeper - 6

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland