Observations at Hart-Miller Island   
August 02, 2010
710am-305pm
Weather: Overcast/MC, 73-82 degrees, ESE 6K- SE 5K
Observers: Bradley Cernohorsky, Diane Ford, Kevin Graff


*SPECIES OF NOTES*

Canada Goose - 26
Wood Duck - 13
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 1 (drake)
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 68
Blue-winged Teal - 4
Green-winged Teal - 2
Lesser Scaup - 1
Ruddy Duck - 6
Pied-billed Grebe - 66 (3 active nests)
Double-crested Cormorant - 39 (one has leg colored band)
Great Blue Heron - 14
Great Egret - 10
Snowy Egret - 5
*LITTLE BLUE HERON - 1
*TRICOLORED HERON - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
*GLOSSY IBIS - 6
Osprey - 12
Peregrine Falcon - 1
*SEMIPALMATED PLOVER - 10
Killdeer - 13
*SPOTTED SANDPIPER - 4
*GREATER YELLOWLEGS - 1
*LESSER YELLOWLEGS  15
*SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER - 397
*WESTERN SANDPIPER - 1
*LEAST SANDPIPER - 10
*WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER - 1
*STILT SANDPIPER - 5
*SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER - 1 (prairie)
*LAUGHING GULL - 26
Ring-billed Gull - 83
Herring Gull - 9
Great Black-backed Gull - 256 
Caspian Tern - 194
*COMMON TERN - 1
Forster's Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 8
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 8
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Purple Martin - 33
Tree Swallow - 8
Bank Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 32
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Gray Catbird - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 1 (fledged)
European Starling - 48
Yellow Warbler - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 8
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 7
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 63 
Brown-headed Cowbird - 11
Orchard Oriole - 5
House Finch - 7
American Goldfinch - 16
SPECIES: 68
INDIVIDUALS: 1607

MAMMALS
Red Fox - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 11
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 11
Gray Hairstreak - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 4
Variegated Fritillary - 1
Pearl Crescent - 1
Red Admiral - 1
Common Buckeye - 10
Red-spotted Purple - 2
Viceroy - 1
Monarch - 18
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
Horace's Duskywing - 1
Least Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 4
Eastern Pondhawk - 16
Needham's Skimmer - 40
Blue Dasher - 1
Black Saddlebags - 16
Carolina Saddlebags - 1
Wandering Glider - 4
Eastern Amberwing - 1


08/02/10 - 320pm-330pm  
MES Landbase, Riverview Rd., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 82 degrees, SE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Bradley Cernohorsky, Diane Ford, Kevin Graff

Mallard - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 2
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Caspian Tern - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 4
European Starling - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 19
INDIVIDUALS: 38

08/02/10 - 345pm-415pm
Backyard HawkWatch, White Ave., Gardenville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: MC, 81 degrees, SE 6 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
Purple Martin - 2
Barn Swallow - 3
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 16
INDIVIDUALS: 26

***NOTES*** I'll be back on Aug 16th.  Will head out to Poplar Island on the 9th on a booked bus tour on the island. 


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD