Posted by Marcia Watson
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Observations at Hart-Miller Island
November 29, 2009
0655 - 1455
Weather: AM Sunny, 32 degrees WSW 1-2 K; Noon: Sunny, 53 degrees, S 2-4 K;
PM: Sunny, 60 degrees, S 5-8 K
Observers: Gene Scarpulla (native bee survey), Marcia Watson
*SPECIES OF NOTE
Canada Goose - 17
Mute Swan - 7
Gadwall - 444
American Wigeon - 170
American Black Duck - 18
Mallard - 80
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Northern Shoveler - 505
Green-winged Teal - 110
Lesser Scaup - 43
Bufflehead - 6
Hooded Merganser - 16
Ruddy Duck - 970
Pied-billed Grebe - 42
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Great Blue Heron - 7
Black-Crowned Night-Heron - 3 (immature)
Bald Eagle - 2 (adult)
Northern Harrier - 3 (immature)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (adult)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (adult)
American Coot - 111
* AMERICAN AVOCET - 2
* LAUGHING GULL - 36
Ring-billed Gull - 90
Herring Gull - 62
Great Black-backed Gull - 63
Mourning Dove - 56
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 155
* AMERICAN PIPIT - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 10
Eastern Towhee - 2
Song Sparrow - 43
White-throated Sparrow - 25
Red-winged Blackbird - 165
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 12
BUTTERFLIES
Clouded Sulphur - 2
Orange Sulphur - 1
Painted Lady - 1
Red Admiral - 2
Common Buckeye - 1
Marcia Watson
Elkton, MD
Gene Scarpulla
Millers Island, Maryland
Editor, The Maryland Entomologist
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