I was by myself at Hart-Miller today. More eyes would have been very helpful. There is always something interesting here. Water level was high in both impoundments.
Canada Goose 30
Mute Swan 2
Gadwall 11
Black Duck 6
Mallard 32
Blue-winged Teal 1
Shoveler 6
Green-winged Teal 160
Lesser Scaup 6
Bufflehead 7, off Hart I
Red-breasted Merganser 4, females
Ruddy Duck 385
Red-throated Loon 1, off Miller I
Common Loon 5, two flying over & three off Hart I
Pied-billed Grebe 36
DC Cormorant 160
Great Blue Heron 30
Great Egret 9
Glossy Ibis 4
Osprey 12
Virginia Rail 2, heard only, responded to tape
SORA 1, called spontaneously, responded to tape & flushed when it got close
Coot 185
Black-bellied Plover 2
Killdeer 8
BLACK-NECKED STILT 2, very early for the northern bay
Greater Yellowlegs 7
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Least Sandpiper 3
Dunlin 60
Snipe 1
Bonaparte's Gull 9, three adults
Ring-billed Gull 125
Herring Gull 370, a few adults
Great Black-backed Gull 65
Caspian Tern 275
Mourning Dove 1
Downy Woodpecker 1, heard only
Blue Jay 5, migrating together
Fish Crow 10, a flock flying N over the administration building
Tree Swallow 35
Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 15
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 4, heard only
House Wren 2
Marsh Wren 2, heard only
Gnatcatcher 1, heard only
Robin 4
Brown Thrasher 2
Starling 11
Yellow Warbler 3
Yellow Palm Warbler 3
Yellowthroat 15, all singing
Towhee 1
Field Sparrow 3, migrants here
Savannah Sparrow 21
Song Sparrow 29
Swamp Sparrow 16
Cardinal 6
Red-winged Blackbird 110
Common Grackle 9
Cowbird 30
House Finch 9
Goldfinch 16
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Bob Ringler
Eldersburg MD
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