Observations at Hart-Miller Island
December 12, 2009
0715 - 1415
Weather: Sunny/Fair, 28-41 degrees, W 5K- SSW 5K  (N & S Cell each 80% 
         iced over)
Observer: Kevin Graff


*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 14
Mute Swan - 1
Tundra Swan - 4
Gadwall - 16
American Wigeon - 4
American Black Duck - 61
Mallard - 32
Northern Shoveler - 442
Green-winged Teal - 20
Ring-necked Duck - 9
Lesser Scaup - 8
*LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 (hen)
Bufflehead - 22
Hooded Merganser - 2
Ruddy Duck - 81
Common Loon - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 11
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 10 (single flock of 5 headed S)
Black-Crowned Night-Heron - 1 (immature) 
Bald Eagle - 2 (adults, carry materials to nest)
Northern Harrier - 2 (immature)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (adult)
American Coot - 368
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 986 (major flight leaving roost toward Back River)
Herring Gull - 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 36
Mourning Dove - 24 
Great Horned Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2 
Northern Flicker - 2 
American Crow - 1  
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 4 
Winter Wren - 1 
Northern Mockingbird - 1 
European Starling - 11 
*AMERICAN PIPIT - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2 
Fox Sparrow - 4 
Song Sparrow - 86
Swamp Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 7
*SNOW BUNTING - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 44
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL INDIVIDUALS: 2404

MAMMALS
Red Fox - 2

MOTHS
Isabella Tiger Moth - 7 (Woolly Bear caterpillar)


12/12/09 - 225pm-245pm
Wildwood Beach Rd., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 43 degrees, SSW 7 mph

Turkey Vulture - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 24
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 6
Eastern Towhee - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 5
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 78

12/12/09 - 245pm-310pm
Barrison Point Rd., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 43-40 degrees, SSW 6 mph

Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 4
Bufflehead - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 47
Cedar Waxwing - 6
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Rusty Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 101


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD