Observations at Hart-Miller Island
April 12, 2010
0710 - 1510
Weather: PC/Fair, 54-69 degrees, N 8K- W 7K
Observers: Matt Boersma, Kevin Graff


*SPECIES OF NOTE

Canada Goose - 38
Mute Swan - 1
Gadwall - 265
American Wigeon - 4
American Black Duck - 5
Mallard - 29
*BLUE-WINGED TEAL - 8
Northern Shoveler - 567 (increased by 10 since last week)
Green-winged Teal - 219
*CANVASBACK - 1 (drake)
Greater Scaup - 1 (drake)
Lesser Scaup - 26
Bufflehead - 32
Ruddy Duck - 2326
Common Loon - 1 (headed NW)
Pied-billed Grebe - 14
Double-crested Cormorant - 68 (few headed N)
Great Blue Heron - 13 (8 headed N)
Great Egret - 6 (2 headed N)
Turkey Vulture - 4 
Osprey - 12 (6 active nests)
Bald Eagle - 3 (2 adults, 1 immature)
Northern Harrier - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Coot - 117
*BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER - 7 (North Cell)
*AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER - 1 (excellent look, pond N side of Cross Dike)
Killdeer - 26
*AMERICAN AVOCET - 4
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 4
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 1
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 3
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 16
*DUNLIN - 28
*WILSON'S SNIPE - 1
*LITTLE GULL - 1 (adult breeding plumage, flew in from south with Bonies)
*BONAPARTE'S GULL - 262 (many flew in from S, into North Cell)
Ring-billed Gull - 37
Herring Gull - 28
Great Black-backed Gull - 13
*CASPIAN TERN - 106
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 60
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 8
Barn Swallow - 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 12
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 18
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 280
Common Grackle - 31
Brown-headed Cowbird - 16
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 12
SPECIES: 64
INDIVIDUALS: 4768

MAMMALS
Raccoon - 1
Red Fox - 4

BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 14
Clouded Sulphur - 5
Spring Azure - 2

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1

BEETLES
Earth-boring Beetle - 1
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - 2
Spotted Cucumber Beetle - 1


04/05/10 - 630am-645am (earlier)
MES Landbase, Riverview Rd., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 70 degrees, N 6 mph 
OBSERVERS: Matt B, Kevin G

Mallard - 2
Ruddy Duck - 26
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1 (returned trip)
Bonaparte's Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Caspian Tern - 2
Tree Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 17
INDIVIDUALS: 64


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD