Observations at Hart-Miller Island
October 27, 2008
0710 - 1505
Weather: AM: sunny 48 degrees, NW 7 K; PM: cloudy, 54 degrees, WNW 10 K
Observers: John Dennehy, Kevin Graff, Gene Scarpulla, Marcia Watson

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 220
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 174
American Wigeon - 48
American Black Duck - 28
Mallard - 46
Blue-winged Teal - 2
Northern Shoveler - 32
Green-winged Teal -52
Ring-necked Duck - 50
Lesser Scaup - 18
*SURF SCOTER - 1 (female)
Ruddy Duck - 227
unidentified duck species - 200
Red-throated Loon - 1
Common Loon - 5
unidentified loon species - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 70
Double-crested Cormorant - 91
Great Blue Heron - 18
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 3 (immature)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 adult, 2 immatures)
Peregrine Falcon - 3
American Coot - 337
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 1
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 7
*KILLDEER - 9
*AMERICAN AVOCET - 1
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 7
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS -2
*SANDERLING - 1
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 5
*WESTERN SANDPIPER - 50
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 2
*DUNLIN - 1
Laughing Gull - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 61
Herring Gull - 140
Great Black-backed Gull - 126
Caspian Tern - 6
Rock Pigeon - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1 (Yellow-shafted)
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 19
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 5
Marsh Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
European Starling - 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 29 (Myrtle)
Palm Warbler - 1 (Yellow)
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Eastern Towhee - 5
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 166
Swamp Sparrow - 12
White-throated Sparrow - 3
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (immature)
Dark-eyed Junco - 2 (Slate-colored)
*SNOW BUNTING - 6
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 348
House Finch - 8
American Goldfinch - 57

MAMMALS
Muskrat - 1
Red Fox - 1

REPTILES
Eastern Gartersnake - 1 (dead on road)

MOTHS
Isabella Tiger Moth - 12 (Woolly Bear)
Salt Marsh Moth - 1 (Salt Marsh Caterpillar)

MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS
Fall Field Cricket - a few calling


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland