Observations at Hart-Miller Island
July 26, 2010
710am-3pm 
Weather: Fair, 68-85 degrees, N 6K- calm
Observers: Bradley Cernohorsky, Kevin Graff, Ron Gutberlet, Joe Hanfman, 
           Mike Walsh


*SPECIES OF NOTES*

Canada Goose - 62
Wood Duck - 13
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 1 (drake)
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 80
Blue-winged Teal - 4
Green-winged Teal - 2
Ruddy Duck - 10
Pied-billed Grebe - 68 (3 active nests seen)
Double-crested Cormorant - 24
Great Blue Heron - 11
Great Egret - 20
Snowy Egret - 3
*CATTLE EGRET - 1
*GLOSSY IBIS - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 14
Bald Eagle - 1 (immature)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 2
Killdeer - 26
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 4
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 3
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS - 28
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 353 (3 at South Cell)
*WESTERN SANDPIPER - 4
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 157 (7 at South Cell)
*PECTORAL SANDPIPER - 1
*DUNLIN - 1
*STILT SANDPIPER - 6
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 16 (13 atlantic, 3 prairie)
*LAUGHING GULL - 40
Ring-billed Gull - 114
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 118
Least Tern - 9
Caspian Tern - 210
*BLACK TERN - 1
Forster's Tern - 2
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Willow Flycatcher - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 6
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 4
Tree Swallow - 9
Bank Swallow - 19
Barn Swallow - 59
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Gray Catbird - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 55
Yellow Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 13
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 9
Swamp Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 4
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 66
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (being fed by Song Sparrow)
Orchard Oriole - 2
House Finch - 8
American Goldfinch - 17
SPECIES: 75
INDIVIDUALS: 1757

MAMMALS
Coyote - fresh tracks, first time in 2-3 years)

BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 9
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 3
Orange Sulphur - 8
Common Buckeye - 3
Red Admiral - 2
Summer Azure - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 2
Monarch - 11
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3
Eastern Pondhawk - 11
Needham's Skimmer - 32
Blue Dasher - 1
Black Saddlebags - 15
Wandering Glider - 1
Eastern Amberwing - 4


07/26/10 - 635am-650am
MES Landbase, Riverview Rd., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 68 degrees, N 7 mph 

Mallard - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Caspian Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Purple Martin - 3
Barn Swallow - 3
European Starling - 4
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 18
INDIVIDUALS: 32


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD