Observations at Hart-Miller Island
July 26, 2008
0720 - 1700
Weather: AM: sunny, 70 degrees, SSE 5 K; PM: sunny, 88 degrees, SSE 15 K
Observers:  Gwen Brewer, Mike Burchett, J.B. Churchill, Dennis Coskren, 
George Jett, Dennis Kirkwood, Joanna Leachman, Mikey Lutmerding, Jeanne 
McVey, Lizzie Parker, Gene Scarpulla, Marty Stephens
(Harford Bird Club Field Trip)

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 81
Wood Duck - 14
Gadwall - 7
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 70
Northern Shoveler - 1
Green-winged Teal - 3
Lesser Scaup - 2
Ruddy Duck - 11
Pied-billed Grebe - 26
Double-crested Cormorant - 21
*LEAST BITTERN - 2
Great Blue Heron - 15
Great Egret - 44
Snowy Egret - 5
Little Blue Heron - 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron - 1 (juvenile)
Glossy Ibis - 17
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 8
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Peregrine Falcon - 2 (adult)
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 11
*KILLDEER - 16
*BLACK-NECKED STILT - 7
*AMERICAN AVOCET - 25
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 8
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 8
*WILLET - 1 (Eastern)
(There was much discussion about the subspecies identification of this bird 
with two differing opinions: Eastern based on short, thick bill and compact 
body size; Western based on long legs, prominent wing stripe, and deeper 
vocalization)
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 77
*RUDDY TURNSTONE - 1
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 445
*WESTERN SANDPIPER - 22
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 148
unidentified peep species - 475
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 3
*STILT SANDPIPER - 1
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 13
unidentified dowitcher species - 10
Laughing Gull - 59
*FRANKLIN'S GULL - 1 (1st-summer)
Ring-billed Gull - 587
Herring Gull - 26
Great Black-backed Gull - 255
Least Tern - 15
Caspian Tern - 290
*BLACK TERN - 2
Forster's Tern - 67
*ROYAL TERN - 1
Mourning Dove - 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Purple Martin - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Bank Swallow - 4
Barn Swallow - 19
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 2
Marsh Wren - 3
Gray Catbird - 1
European Starling - 25
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Yellow Warbler - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 17
Song Sparrow - 20
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 3
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 157
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
Orchard Oriole - 2
House Finch - 7
American Goldfinch - 6

MAMMALS
Red Fox - 3

REPTILES
Eastern Ratsnake - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 8
Orange Sulphur - 8
Cloudless Sulphur - 6
Gray Hairstreak - 1
Pearl Crescent - 1
Common Buckeye - 1
Monarch - 4
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Needham's Skimmer - 20
Blue Dasher - 2
Wandering Glider - 5
Black Saddlebags - 2
Halloween Pennant - 1

DAMSELFLIES
Rambur's Forktail - (no number)

MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS
Carolina Grasshopper - 1
Red Velvet Ant - 3


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland