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Hart-Miller 4/19/08

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Bob Ringler

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Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:27:47 +0000

   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


--
Bob Ringler 
Eldersburg MD