Observations at Hart-Miller Island
March 21, 2009
0705 - 1500
Weather: AM: cloudy, 30 degrees, ENE 10 K; PM: sunny, 46 degrees, N 1 K
Observers: Don Burggraf, Kevin Graff, Gene Scarpulla

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 27
Mute Swan - 28
Tundra Swan - 199
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 89
American Wigeon - 13
American Black Duck - 20
Mallard - 20
Northern Shoveler - 176
Northern Pintail - 12
Green-winged Teal - 26
Canvasback - 6
Ring-necked Duck - 30
Greater Scaup - 345
Lesser Scaup - 106
unidentified scaup species - 670
Bufflehead - 56
Common Goldeneye - 2
Hooded Merganser - 10
Common Merganser - 4
Red-breasted Merganser - 8
Ruddy Duck - 1
*RED-THROATED LOON - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 33
Horned Grebe - 1
*RED-NECKED GREBE - 1
unidentified grebe species - 1
Great Blue Heron - 7
Osprey - 7
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 3 (1 immature, 2 unknown)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Peregrine Falcon - 2 (adult)
American Coot - 184
Killdeer - 6
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 3
*DUNLIN - 2
*WILSON'S SNIPE - 2
Bonaparte's Gull - 7
Ring-billed Gull - 58
Herring Gull - 144
Great Black-backed Gull - 13
Mourning Dove - 5
Northern Flicker - 3 (Yellow-shafted)
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 16
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 5
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 5
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 26
Swamp Sparrow -2
White-throated Sparrow - 8
*SNOW BUNTING - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 88
Common Grackle - 3 (Purple)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6
House Finch - 7
American Goldfinch - 1

MAMMALS
Muskrat - many visible huts
Coyote - fresh tracks
Red Fox - 3
Common Raccoon - fresh tracks

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 2

MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle - 1


Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland