Observations at Hart-Miller Island
August 17, 2009
0710 - 1510
Weather: PC/MC, 69-87 degrees, calm- SSE 5K
Observers: Stan Arnold, Mike Burchett, Kevin Graff, Ron Gutberlet

*Note: the water level is nearly gone at North Cell and the MES crew plan to dry it out to add more dredged materials there. Won't look good for next few weeks. Was told they may raise water back later in Sept.  South cell also getting low too. 

*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 42
Mute Swan - 1
*TUNDRA SWAN - 1
Wood Duck - 35
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 156
Green-winged Teal - 11
Ruddy Duck - 5
Pied-billed Grebe - 42 (one on nest)
Double-crested Cormorant - 35
Great Blue Heron - 16
Great Egret - 41
Snowy Egret - 19
Little Blue Heron - 2 (adult & immature)
*TRICOLORED HERON - 1 (adult)
Cattle Egret - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 4 (1 adult, 3 immatures)
Glossy Ibis - 14
Osprey - 12
Bald Eagle - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 4
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 31
Killdeer - 15
*BLACK-NECKED STILT - 8
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 7
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 57
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 3
*RUDDY TURNSTONE - 2
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 1900
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 64
peep sp - 200
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 3
*WILSON'S PHALAROPE - 2
*RED-NECKED PHALAROPE - 1
Laughing Gull - 95
Ring-billed Gull - 152
Herring Gull - 32
Great Black-backed Gull - 540
*COMMON TERN - 1 (first year)
Forster's Tern - 3
Caspian Tern - 492
*ROYAL TERN - 1
Mourning Dove - 6
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
*LEAST FLYCATCHER - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Purple Martin - 7
Tree Swallow - 2
Bank Swallow - 44
Barn Swallow - 162
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Gray Catbird - 3
European Starling - 45
Cedar Waxwing - 1
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 5
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 15
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 215
Common Grackle - 3
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 15
SPECIES: 72
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 4607

BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 8
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 8
Clouded/Orange Sulphur - 1 (female white form)
Orange Sulphur - 11
Gray Hairstreak - 1
Pearl Crescent - 2
Common Buckeye - 1
Monarch - 30
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
Wild Indigo Duskywing - 1
Least Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 6
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1
Needham's Skimmer - 6
Blue Dasher - 2
Eastern Pondhawk - 5
Black Saddlebags - 32
Halloween Pennant - 1

DAMSELFLIES
Familiar Bluet - 15
Rambur's Forktail - 2


   Kevin Graff
   West Ocean City, MD